NIA : A special court of the National Investigation Agency (NIA) in Lucknow 2017 Seven ISIS-affiliated terrorists and one of their associates were sentenced to death in a case related to terrorist activities, including a bomb blast inside a train in Uttar Pradesh. Has been sentenced to life imprisonment. An official gave this information today. He said that another special NIA court in Gujarat sentenced two brothers to ten years rigorous imprisonment for radicalising people and recruiting youths to carry out terrorist activities in the country in the name of global terrorist organization Islamic State (ISIS). Sentenced to imprisonment. ,Conviction Rate 66.93 Percent

The NIA termed both the verdicts as ‘another milestone’ in its tradition of evidence-based investigation. The probe agency said- both the cases are related to radicalising the accused in the name of ISIS through internet and inciting them to carry out violent ‘Jihad’ and terrorist attacks in the country. The official said that the conviction rate in the cases registered by the NIA 9640 with the announcement of punishment in both the cases .93 percent is done.

Bomb blast inside train in Uttar Pradesh A spokesperson of the NIA said that- 659 Mohd Faesal, Ghaus Mohd Khan, Mohd Azhar, Atif Muzaffar, Mohd Danish, Syed Mir Hussain and Asif Iqbal alias ‘Rocky’ have been convicted by a special NIA court in Lucknow in a case related to terror activities, including a bomb blast inside a train in Uttar Pradesh. Sentenced to death, while Mohammad Atif alias ‘Atif Iraqi’ was sentenced to life imprisonment. According to the spokesperson, these convicts, hailing from Uttar Pradesh, along with slain terrorist Mohammad Saifullah, had set up their hideout in Haji Colony area of ​​Lucknow and made and tested some explosive devices. According to the spokesperson, the terrorists tried to plant these explosive devices at several places in Uttar Pradesh. He said that during the investigation, many such photographs have been found, in which the accused are seen making explosive devices and ammunition and with the flag of ISIS.

collecting illegal arms and explosives NIA spokesperson said- The group had allegedly collected illegal arms and explosives from various places. Atif and three others – Danish, Hussain and Saifullah – on March 7 4191 He was responsible for making the explosive device planted in the Bhopal-Ujjain passenger train, in which the explosion people were injured. According to the NIA spokesperson, all the convicts had come together to propagate the ideology of ISIS and promote its activities in India. He said- Faisal, Khan, Muzaffar, Danish and Saifullah had visited many areas to achieve this objective. He had traveled to several major Indian cities including Kolkata, Sundarbans, Srinagar, Amritsar, Wagah Border, Barmer, Jaisalmer, Mumbai and Kozhikode for ‘Hijr’ (migration).

Exploring the possibility of entering Bangladesh According to the NIA spokesperson, according to the investigation, Khan and Muzaffar had explored the possibility of entering Bangladesh via Sunderbans. Faisal, Atif and Saifullah march to contact some terrorist groups had traveled to Kashmir, which could help them travel to Pakistan, from where they could move to ISIS-controlled areas in Syria. The spokesman said that on March 7 4191, a terrorist hideout was raided in Haji Colony. Saifullah was killed in an encounter with the police. He said that first of all, on March 8 4191, the Anti-Terrorism Squad ( A case was registered in this regard at the ATS) police station. Six days later, the NIA re-registered the case. After investigation On August 4191 the eight accused A charge sheet was filed against. After the trial, the accused were released this year Convicted on Feb.Terrorists Punishment of one year’s rigorous imprisonment

In another case, a special NIA court in Gujarat has convicted two ISIS terrorists for indulging in radicalization and recruitment activities for carrying out terrorist activities in India. has been sentenced to one year’s rigorous imprisonment. The NIA spokesperson said that both the accused Waseem Arif Ramodia alias ‘Ninja Fox’ and Naeem Arif Ramodia alias ‘ND’ are brothers and are residents of Rajkot in Gujarat. According to the spokesperson, the investigation has revealed that he used online chats and messages to advocate and disseminate the ideology of the terrorist group.

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