India arrests five suspected of plotting Islamic State attacks

“Raids are going on at three to four places in the old city are”.

The suspected Islamic State module was busted in a joint operation of the NIA and the Hyderabad Police.

Meanwhile, police are checking vehicle riders and passengers at various locations across the city.

They are Mohammad Illiyas Yazdani, Mohammad Ibrahim, Habib Mohammad, Mohammad Irfan, Muzaffar Hussain and Abdullah Bin Ahmad.

NIA officials say that they suspect that these persons wanted to carry out a series of blasts in Hyderabad in a bid to announce the arrival of the ISIS in the city.

The parents of the arrested youth reached the NIA office in Begumpet. The agency arrested five people and detained six in multiple raids and seized a huge quantity of explosive material and Rs 15 lakh in fake currency. “The material seized include firearms, ammunition, urea, acids, Hydrogen Peroxide and some other chemicals, electronic gadgets and other incriminating material”, said a senior official from TS police. Officials had learnt that these persons were in touch with some persons in Syria who are suspected to be their handlers.

Investigators are verifying the source of the material procured by the accused. “The detained men were plotting a series of terror attacks in the country, ‘ added the police official”.

Salman Mohiuddin, 32, was arrested at the RGI Airport while he was about to board a flight to Dubai.

An MS student from US, Hafeez, hailing from Manchiriel, joined the ISIS in US and was killed in an encounter with Syrian Army. They also demanded a meeting with the detained suspects.

NIA chief Sharad Kumar said that it was a new group of alleged IS sympathisers who are well-educated – at least two of them are engineers while one is a management graduate.