Telangana News

National Investigation Agency (NIA) in its supplementary chargesheet filed on in New Delhi’s Patiala Court, has revealed that the Hyderabad ISIS terror suspects, who had been arrested in January this year, had contacted Naxals.

Names of the 16 accused were included in the chargesheet. NIA in the sheet has alleged, “Scientific evidence in respect of the recovered explosive substances and comparison of voice sample collected in the case has been positive as per the expert’s opinion. Funds were transferred through hawala channels and some of the arrested accused fabricated Improvised Explosive Devices to commit terror attacks in India. The accused persons also contacted Naxalites to understand their modus operandi in committing terror acts and they also had plans to buy weapons from the Naxalites.”

Making pipe bombs is the trademark of Naxals in Telugu states. Initially, the case was registered on December 9, last year and nationwide searches were conducted on January 22, 2016, including in Hyderabad, Bengaluru, Tumkur, Mumbai and Aurangabad.

Out of the 18 arrested, dangerous explosives like 2 GI pipes for making pipe bombs, an analogue clock, soldering rod, matchboxes, 900 ml of hydrogen peroxide and Rs 2.5 lakh of hawala cash were seized.