New Delhi : A Delhi court on Wednesday gave the NIA three months more to complete the probe in a case against five suspected ISIS operatives arrested for allegedly plotting a terror strike during the Ardh Kumbh at Haridwar.
According to the court sources, District Judge Amarnath extended the period after the National Investigation Agency (NIA) told the court that the probe in the case was still on to unravel the larger conspiracy.
“The investigation in the instant case is spread in different parts of the country and abroad the larger conspiracy of IS activities is yet to be ascertained,” the agency told the court, adding that more time was required for completion of the probe.
At the in-chamber proceedings, the NIA told the court that during their custodial interrogation by Delhi police, the accused had disclosed name codes and mobile numbers of active members, recruiters, sympathizers and motivators of ISIS involved in furtherance of activities of their ideologies using internet-based communication, Facebook, Skype, telephones, Telegram and other means, to lure youths to join the terror organisation.
“The identity involved of such associates is being ascertained on day to day basis,” the agency said. It further told the court that mobile phone sets, SIMs, laptops and micro SD cards recovered by Delhi police from the possession of the accused persons, have been sent for forensic analysis and reports are still awaited.
Meanwhile, the court rejected the bail plea filed by one of the accused 26-year-old Mohsin Ibrahim Sayyed, a resident of Mumbai, and extended his judicial custody for 30 days.
