They were plotting a terrorist attack in the country, 50 youths were recruited… NIA filed a chargesheet against two terrorists


New Delhi/Mumbai: The NIA on Friday filed a chargesheet against two men, including an ISIS terrorist active in Libya, for their alleged involvement in a conspiracy to promote anti-India agenda. The two accused had hatched a conspiracy to recruit youth to attack sensitive institutions in India, the anti-terror agency said in a statement.

Zoheb was arrested in February this year

It said that Mohammad Zoheb Khan was arrested by the NIA in February this year after raids at several places. The agency has named him along with Libya resident Mohammad Shoaib Khan for conspiring to promote the anti-India agenda of ISIS. The chargesheet was filed in the special NIA court here in which both have been described as the main conspirators in the terrorist conspiracy of ISIS. This case is related to Maharashtra's Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar (Aurangabad) module of the global terrorist network.

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Plan to escape to Türkiye after the attack

The NIA, which is working to dismantle the ISIS network in India, found that both the accused had taken an oath of allegiance to the self-proclaimed Caliph of ISIS. According to the statement, as part of the conspiracy, the accused had planned to flee to Afghanistan or Turkey after carrying out several terror attacks in India. The agency also found that they were actively involved in creating websites to promote the extremist and violent ideology of ISIS.

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More than 50 youth joined from Aurangabad itself

According to the NIA, the accused had planned to attract youth from across the world to ISIS through the website. The agency said that during the investigation, it was found that Mohammad Shoaib Khan had recruited Mohammad Zoheb Khan, who had created a WhatsApp group. More than 50 youths from Aurangabad alone were added to this group with the aim of radicalizing them and recruiting them for terrorist activities of ISIS in India.


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