NIA arrests 3 UAE deported IS suspects

NIA arrests 3 UAE deported IS suspects
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The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Friday arrested three Indians, who are suspected IS supporters and had arrived at Indira Gandhi International Airport from the UAE, an official said. The three IS sympathizers, who were allegedly on a mission to carry out terror attack in India and some other countries, were deported from the United Arab Emirates.

New Delhi: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Friday arrested three Indians, who are suspected IS supporters and had arrived at Indira Gandhi International Airport from the UAE, an official said. The three IS sympathizers, who were allegedly on a mission to carry out terror attack in India and some other countries, were deported from the United Arab Emirates.

The three individuals identified as Sheikh Azhar-Ul-Islam alias Abdul Sattar Sheikh, Mohammed Farhan alias Mohammed Rafiq Shaikh and Adnan Hussain alias Mohammad Hussain have been booked under charges of criminal conspiracy of the Indian Penal Code and provisions of the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act.

"The three suspected IS supporters landed at Delhi airport on Thursday. They were arrested after questioning. We will produce them at a designated NIA court here on Saturday," an NIA official said. He further added that the trio was allegedly involved in a conspiracy to identify, motivate and radicalise recruits and train Indian citizens located both in India and other friendly countries.

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