An Indian-origin man arrested a few years ago on his way to join the Islamic State (ISIS) terrorist group in Syria and convicted of terror offences by a UK court last month was sentenced to 14 years' imprisonment on Monday.
The UN has sanctioned ISIS' South Asia Branch, a terrorist group formed in 2015 by a Pakistani national and a former commander of the TTP, for its links with al-Qaeda and involvement in several deadly attacks in Afghanistan and Pakistan that killed over 150 people.
The Arabic name of the new branch is "Wilayah of Hind" (India Province), the dreaded terror outfit, (also known as ISIS and ISIL), said through its Amaq News Agency.
Waqar Ul-Hassan, a naturalised US citizen who moved to America at the age of 15, was arrested at the Charlotte Douglas International Airport in North Carolina on Tuesday.
The man said to be Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi in the video also claimed the Easter Day bombings in Sri Lanka which killed over 250 people were "part of the revenge" that awaits the West.
"These persons are suspected to have links with some of the accused persons in the said case who had exited India to join the proscribed terrorist organisation ISIS/Daish," the NIA said in a statement.
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Saturday conducted raids at a few places in Hyderabad and arrested a youth for his alleged links with an ISIS module.
Unidentified gunmen donning uniforms of paramilitary soldiers on Thursday massacred 14 passengers after forcing them to disembark from buses on a highway in the restive Balochistan province.
In August 2018, the NIA had arrested two alleged ISIS sympathisers --Mohammed Abdullah Basith and Mohd Abdul Qhadeer -- from the city as part of its larger probe into Indian youngsters being radicalised to carry out terror strikes on behalf of the banned international outfit.
Five suspected ISIS militants were arrested Monday during a raid in Karachi, the capital of Pakistan's southern Sindh province, police said.
The Islamic State terror group is plotting deadly attacks across Europe along the lines of the one carried out on a concert hall in Paris in which 130 people were killed four years ago, a leading British newspaper has reported.
After a series of conflicting reports, a Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) spokesperson confirmed the death of the newborn son of the UK’s runaway ISIS bride, Shamima Begum, in a refugee camp in Syria.
The ATS team reportedly detained at least nine people for questioning over their reported links with ISIS-inspired terror modules.
The influence of ISIS can be openly seen in Kashmir, Rizvi further stated in his letter to the prime minister.
In view of the threats issued by the ISIS, an NDRF team specialising in countering CBRN(chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear) attacks has been deployed at Prayagraj.
The fresh searches came five days after counter-terror probe agency arrested a suspect from Hapur for being affiliated with the global terror outfit.
NIA raids at several places in UP and Punjab in connection to ISIS inspired module
"Starting the long overdue pullout from Syria while hitting the little remaining IS (Islamic State) territorial caliphate hard, and from many directions. Will attack again from existing nearby base if it reforms," the President tweeted on Sunday.
NIA arrest suspects from Ghaziabad, Meerut in connection to probe against ISIS-inspired group
The accused, along with seven others, were arrested for allegedly planning suicide attacks and serial blasts, targeting politicians and also government installations in Delhi and other parts of north India.
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