NIA arrests two over seizure of explosives in Chittorgarh district

Jaipur: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has arrested two wanted absconding accused, including the kingpin, in the 2022 case relating to seizure of explosives and IED material from Chittorgarh district, as part of the ISIS-inspired terror conspiracy of the 'SUFA' terrorist outfit. The duo, Mohammad Yunus Saki and Imran Khan alias Yusuf, both residents of Ratlam, were produced yesterday before the NIA Special Court, Jaipur. The press statement read, “NIA expects their arrest to lead the agency into establishing the missing links in the case and unearth the outfit's linkages to active members and Sleeper modules of the ISIS in India. Mohammad Yunus Saki and Imran Khan were actively engaged in spreading the ISIS ideology before their arrests from Maharashtra,” NIA had earlier seized explosives and various components used in the fabrication of improvised explosive devices (IEDS) from the possession of the accused, wanted in the case. Investigations had subsequently revealed that the two men had procured the materials and substances for fabricating the IEDS with the intent of spreading terror and mayhem in Rajasthan and elsewhere in India.“The arrested duo were highly trained in IED fabrication, and were also involved in training their co-accused in making such devices at the poultry farm of the mastermind, Imran Khan. The said poultry farm was attached by the NIA last month,” mentioned in the NIA’s statement. After they fled to Mumbai and subsequently settled in Pune last year, they organised at least two IED training & fabrication workshops in Pune last year. Kingpin Imran and 10 other accused were chargesheeted in the case by NIA in September last year.