NIA arrests two wanted accused in 2022 Rajasthan terror conspiracy case

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 district Chittorgarh of Rajasthan, as part of the ISIS-inspired terror conspiracy of the 'SUFA' terrorist outfit.

As per NIA, Mohammad Yunus Saki and Imran Khan, residents of Ratlam were produced yesterday before the NIA special court in Jaipur.

The two residents of Ratlam were arrested from Maharashtra, they said.

The NIA said the arrest of the two will help the agency establish the missing links in the case and "unearth the outfit's linkages to active members and sleeper modules of the ISIS", the agency said in a statement.

The arrested persons were allegedly engaged in spreading ISIS ideology before their arrests, they said.

"The agency had earlier seized explosives and various components used for setting up Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) from the possession of the accused, wanted in the 2022 case" they said.

Last September, The CBI had charge sheeted Imran and 10 other accused in the case by NIA. The agency has alleged the two men had procured materials for setting up IEDs to spread "terror and mayhem in Rajasthan and elsewhere in India".

Highly trained in IED fabrication, the duo allegedly trained their co-accused in making these devices at a poultry farm of the mastermind, Imran Khan.

The NIA had attached the poultry farm last month, they said.

The duo fled to Mumbai and settled in Pune last year where they organised at least two training and fabrication workshops for IEDs last year, the agency said.

(With inputs from PTI)