New Delhi: The NIA on Wednesday busted a suspected ISIS-inspired terror group and arrested 10 suspects, who it said were planning suicide attacks and serial blasts targeting politicians and government installations in Delhi and other parts of north India.
National Investigation Agency (NIA) Inspector General Alok Mittal said that the agency found a video where Suhail is demonstrating the method to complete a bomb circuit.
The agency recovered 25 kg of explosive material—Potassium Nitrate, Ammonium Nitrate, Sulphur etc, he said. The group had also purchased remote control cars and wireless doorbells to use their circuits in assembling remote controlled improvised explosive devices.
The NIA also recovered steel containers, electric wires, 91 mobile phones, 134 SIM cards, 3 laptops, knife, sword, ISIS-related literature and a cash amount of about '7.5 lakh during the searches, he said.
Two brothers Raees and Saeed had allegedly forged the locally made rocket launcher and some other weapons in their welding shop, the agency has alleged.
Mittal said the suspects had done a reconnaissance of vital government installations and planned to target political personalities and other important persons.
The agency is also investigating if Suhail or any other member had taken oath of allegiance with the West Asia based ISIS and whether anyone had visited the area occupied by the terror outfit.
The officials said there was no trail of foreign funding but about '7.5 lakh in cash have been recovered during the searches.
The group remained in touch through data-based messaging applications WhatsApp and Telegram to avoid scrutiny of agencies. Seeing their alarming pace of progress, the central agencies which had kept the group on surveillance, decided to bust it on Wednesday.
According to investigations, the module was founded about 3-4 months ago by Suhail who brought all its members together. The NIA had registered a case on December 20 against Suhail and other suspected members of the group.
