NIA gets further custody of 5 arrested on suspicion of being members of ISIS-inspired group
January 07, 2019 18:20
A Delhi court on Monday extended the NIA custody of five of the 10 people arrested on suspicion of being members of an Islamic State-inspired group who were allegedly planning suicide attacks and serial blasts, targeting politicians as also government installations, in Delhi and other parts of north India.
The court remanded the other five accused in judicial custody after the agency said they were not required for custodial interrogation.
The court extended the NIA custody of Mufti Mohammed Suhail alias Hazrath (29) and Saqib Iftekar (26) till January 12.
Zubair Malik (20), Rashid Zafar Raq alias Zafar (23) and Anas Yunus (24) were sent to further custodial interrogation till January 10.
The others -- Zubair's brother Zaid (22), Saeed alias Sayeed (28), his brother Raees Ahmad, Mohammed Irshad (in late 20s) and Mohammed Azam (35) -- were sent to judicial custody till February till February after the NIA did not seek their further remand.
Advocate Prashant Prakash, appearing for the accused, opposed the NIA plea for further custodial interrogation, saying there was no fresh ground.
The 10 accused were produced by NIA before Special Judge Rakesh Syal, who ordered in-camera proceedings.
They were earlier produced before the court on December 27 after which they were sent to 10-day NIA custody which will expire tomorrow.
The probe agency had initially rounded up 16 persons of the group 'Harkat ul Harb e Islam', which loosely translates into war for the cause of Islam.
Of the 16 detained, 10 were later arrested - five from Amroha, in UP and five from Seelampur and Jafrabad localities in north-east Delhi, the agency had said.
-- PTI
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