NIA Attaches 4 Immovable Properties In Pune In ISIS Module Terror Case

Pune, 16th March 2024

Moving forward on its mandate to dismantle the global terror outfits’ network in the country, the National Investigation Agency (NIA) has attached four Immoveable properties as ‘proceeds of terrorism’ in the ISIS module case in Pune.

The attached properties in Kondhwa, Pune (Maharashtra) are linked with 11 accused persons, including three absconders, and were being used for the purpose of IED fabrication and its training and planning of terrorist acts. NIA has already chargesheeted all 11 in the case (RC 05/2023/NIA/MUM).

Attached under Section 25 of the UA(P) Act, the properties are residential houses/flats, linked with accused Mohammed Imran Khan, Mohammed Yunus Saki, Mohammed Shahnawaz Alam, Md. Rizwan Ali, Kadir Dastagir Pathan, Simab Kazi, Zulfikar Ali Barodawala, Abdullah Faiyaz Shaikh, Talha Liyakat Khan, Shamil Nachan and Aakif Nachan.

The case relates to an ISIS conspiracy to spread terror by carrying out attacks at various places in Maharashtra, Gujarat and other parts of India, through IED fabrication training workshops and recce of jungles for firing practices and hideouts, besides raising terror funds by committing armed robberies and thefts.

In pursuit of its efforts to destroy the terror networks of the proscribed global terrorist organisations and safeguard India’s interests, NIA has cracked down on various ISIS modules across different States in recent months. Its investigations into the conspiracy and activities of ISIS are continuing.