New Delhi [India], The National Investigation Agency has filed a charge sheet against 17 staunch operatives of the banned global terrorist network in the Delhi-Padgha ISIS terror module case in connection with conspiracy related to recruitment and radicalization of youth and manufacturing of improvised explosive devices. equipment. ,

This takes the total number of accused chargesheeted in the case to 20, revealing global links with foreign operators.

The NIA had originally filed the chargesheet against three people in March last year and on Monday filed a supplementary chargesheet against 17 others, including 15 from Maharashtra and one each, before the special court at Patiala House in the city. Were included. Are from Uttarakhand and Haryana.

The charge sheet was filed under various sections of the Indian Penal Code (IPC), Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, Arms Act and Explosive Substances Act, holding the accused involved in a larger conspiracy of ISIS related to recruitment, training and propagation of Islamic State. found.Was. Iraq and Syria (ISIS) ideology among the gullible youth, as well as manufacturing explosives and IEDs and raising funds for the banned organization. NIA, which is working with the intention of cracking down on various ISIS modules operating in the country. Case RC-29/2023/NIA/DLI was registered in November 2023 to dismantle the nefarious terrorist network of the international organization.

In the NIA investigation, many incriminating documents and data related to the manufacturing of explosives and manufacturing of IEDs were seized along with propaganda magazines like 'Voice of Hind', 'Rumiya', 'Khilafat', 'Dabiq' published by IS. ,

The agency further found during investigation that the accused were sharing digital files related to IED manufacturing with their contacts."They were found to be actively raising funds to further their terror plans as part of the ISIS agenda to spread violence in India and destroy its secular ethos and democratic systems," the agency said.

The accused had committed several acts in preparation for carrying out terrorist attacks, including recruitment of vulnerable youth into the organisation. He had taken 'Bayath' (pledge of allegiance) from arrested accused Saqib Nachan, who was a habitual offender in several previous terror cases. And he was the self-proclaimed Ameer-e-Hind of ISIS in India.