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India.com
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- India.com
Who Is Saquib Nachan? ISIS-Linked Terror Accused Dies In Delhi's Safdarjung Hospital
Saquib Abdul Hamid Nachan, an accused with alleged links to the terror outfit Islamic State (ISIS), passed away at Safdarjung Hospital in Delhi. He was convicted for his involvement in the bomb blasts in Mumbai in 2002 and 2003. Nachan, a former member of the banned Students Islamic Movement of India (SIMI), died during brain stroke treatment, the Tihar Jail authorities informed on Saturday, as per IANS. Who Is Saquib Nachan? As per the National Investigation Agency (NIA), Saquib Nachan was a habitual offender in several previous terror cases and was also a self-styled Amir-e-Hind for ISIS in India. He first came under the scanner in 1991 and was later arrested for plotting terror strikes in Gujarat. In the late 1990s, the Supreme Court convicted him of terrorist activities, and he was convicted for orchestrating three bomb blasts in Mumbai between December 2002 and March 2003- in Mumbai Central, Vile Parle, and Mulund. Found guilty of several acts, including murder, arms and explosives possession, he received a 10-year sentence until 2017. According to IANS, Nachan (65) was also accused of declaring a village in Maharashtra's Thane district as 'Al Sham', referring to it as an independent Islamic-ruled territory. Saquib Nachan In Jail ANI on Saturday reported, citing sources, that Nachan died in the Delhi Hospital and added that he had been in judicial custody in Tihar Jail since 2023 and was admitted to the hospital a few days ago. NIA's Chargesheet In June 2024, the NIA had charge-sheeted Saquib Nachan along with 16 other hardcore operatives of the banned terror group in connection with the Delhi-Padgha ISIS terror module case. The charges involved a wide-ranging conspiracy to recruit and radicalise youth, and fabricate improvised IEDs. The accused were booked under multiple sections of the Indian Penal Code (IPC), the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UA(P)A), the Arms Act, and the Explosive Substances Act. The arrested individuals were part of a major plot to indoctrinate vulnerable youth, train them in terror activities, and raise funds for the banned organisation. Investigations revealed that Nachan and his associates had been sharing digital files related to IED-making, actively raising funds, and carrying out preparatory acts for possible terrorist strikes across the country.
Mint
17-05-2025
- Mint
NIA arrests two ISIS sleeper cell fugitives linked to 2023 Pune IED case at Mumbai Airport
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has arrested two fugitives identified as members of a sleeper cell of the banned ISIS terrorist organization. The arrests are linked to a 2023 case involving the fabrication and testing of improvised explosive devices (IEDs) in Pune, Maharashtra, according to an official statement from the NIA. 'The two men, identified as Abdullah Faiyaz Shaikh Diaperwala and Talha Khan, were intercepted by the Bureau of Immigration at the Mumbai International Airport T2 when they tried to return to India from Jakarta, Indonesia, where they had been hiding out. The NIA team then took them into custody and arrested them,' said the release. The NIA had earlier announced a cash reward of ₹ 3 lakh each for information leading to the arrest of the two accused. Both individuals had been evading arrest for over two years and were the subjects of non-bailable warrants issued by the NIA Special Court in Mumbai. The case relates to a criminal conspiracy by these men, along with eight other ISIS Pune sleeper module members already arrested and in judicial custody. "They had conspired to commit terrorist acts with the aim to disturb India's peace and communal harmony by waging a war against the Government of India in furtherance of the ISIS agenda to establish Islamic rule in the country through violence and terror," said NIA in an official release. These two men, already charged with a chargesheet along with the other arrested accused, had been engaged in assembling IEDs from a house rented by Abdullah Faiyaz Shaikh in Kondhwa, Pune. During the 2022-2023 period, they also organised and participated in a bomb-making and training workshop, besides carrying out a controlled explosion to test an IED fabricated by them, at these premises, NIA said in a release. The NIA, which has been actively investigating ISIS-related activities in India to thwart the group's violent and anti-national terror plots, had earlier filed a chargesheet against all 10 accused in the case. The charges were filed under various sections of the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UA(P)A), Explosive Substances Act, Arms Act, and the Indian Penal Code (IPC). In addition to Abdullah Faiyaz Shaikh and Talha Khan, who were recently arrested, the other accused in the case include Mohammed Imran Khan, Mohammed Yunus Saki, Abdul Kadir Pathan, Simab Nasiruddin Kazi, Zulfikar Ali Barodawala, Shamil Nachan, Akif Nachan, and Shahnawaz Alam, said the release. (This is a developing story)
