Ali had been absconding since 2020, when he was accused of indulging in ISIS propaganda activities and planning for terrorist acts. He had since then been operating from abroad to promote the anti-India terror agenda of the IS.
According to the NIA, the accused arrested in the Nizamabad case had allegedly hatched a conspiracy to radicalise youth and provide them with arms training to carry out terrorist activities.
A special NIA court in Lucknow has convicted two persons, Atif Muzaffar and Mohammed Faisal Khan, in a case related to the killing of a retired school principal
The central intelligence agencies had tipped off the Tamil Nadu Home department on the possibilities of certain former activists of PFI were regrouping themselves
NIA raided the premises of the youth after intelligence inputs indicated his involvement in collecting funds for buying land in Afghanisthan as a move to be part of Al-Qaeda
NIA said they have arrested two wanted absconding accused, including the kingpin, in the 2022 case relating to the seizure of explosives and IED material
The NIA had registered the Jabalpur ISIS mode case after it was learnt that the accused persons were actively disseminating ISIS propaganda through social media and on-ground Dawah activities, the official said.
Thorough investigations by the NIA led to the arrest and charge sheeting of eight accused persons over the last 8 years, on July 22, 2016, April 17, 2017, March 19, 2019, and July 5, 2023.