Intelligence sources said that the suspects had been asked by ISIS operatives in Syria to unleash violent attacks in the city before Id.
The report said the five had acquired explosives in order to carry out subversive attacks. (Representational image)
Hyderabad: Apart from terrorist attacks in the city, the five arrested ISIS men had also planned to target prominent personalities, stated the remand report submitted to a city court by the NIA on Thursday.
NIA officials produced the five before the Fourth Additional Metropolitan Sessions Judge, Nampally, on Thursday evening who sent them to judicial custody of 14 days. They were later shifted to the Cherlapally Central Prison. Intelligence sources said that the suspects had been asked by ISIS operatives in Syria to unleash violent attacks in the city before Id so that they could earn more rewards from God for their “Jihad”. The report said the five had acquired explosives in order to carry out subversive attacks.
( Source : Deccan Chronicle. )
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