NIA cracks down on ISIS module, arrests 15 alleged operatives

NIA issues statement: In a massive crackdown on ISIS, the National Investigation Agency (NIA) with the cooperation and active support of Maharashtra Police and ATS Maharashtra, today arrested 15 operatives of the banned terror outfit during multiple and widespread raids across Maharashtra and Karnataka. Huge amounts of unaccounted cash, firearms, sharp-edged weapons, incriminating documents, smartphones and other digital devices were seized during the raids. The seizures included one pistol, two air guns, eight swords/knives, two laptops, six hard disks, three CDs, 38 mobile phones, 10 magazine books, Rs 68,03,800 in cash and 51 Hamas flags. NIA investigations have revealed that the accused, all members of ISIS Maharashtra module, were operating from Padgha-Borivali, where they had hatched the conspiracy to spread terror and violence across India. Pursuing the path of violent Jihad, Khilafat, ISIS etc., the accused had aimed to disturb the peace and communal harmony of the country and to wage a war against the Government of India.