Upskill with course in robotics, IS handler told terrorists: NIA – Times of India

NEW DELHI: Five mechanical and electrical engineers, among the nine accused chargesheeted by NIA in the IS Shivamogga conspiracy case, were asked by their foreign-based handler to pursue a course in robotics to pick up skills to carry out terrorist attacks as part of terror group Islamic State's subversive agenda for India. NIA on Friday filed a supplementary chargesheet in the case, charging the nine accused with carrying out a trial IED blast in Shivamogga, Karnataka, reconnaissance of multiple targets and arson of properties and vehicles to spread terror among people as part of an anti-India IS conspiracy. The chargesheet names Mohamed Shariq (25), Maaz Muneer Ahmed (23), Syed Yasin (22), Reeshaan Thajuddin Sheikh (22), Huzair Farhan Baig (22), Mazin Abdul Rahman (22), Nadeem Ahmed K A (22), Zabiulla (32) and Nadeem Faizal N (27). All of them belong to Karnataka. The accused have been charged under UA(P) Act 1967, IPC, and KS Prevention of Destruction and Loss of Property Act, 1981. Maaz Muneer Ahmed and Syed Yasin had figured in the original chargesheet filed in March this year, but now other offences have been invoked against them in the supplementary chargesheet. NIA on Saturday said its investigations have revealed that Mohamed Shariq, Maaz Muneer Ahmed and Syed Yasin had hatched a criminal conspiracy, in connivance with an IS operative based abroad, to promote terror & violence on the directions of the proscribed terror outfit, in the region. The trio had actively radicalised and recruited the co-accused with the intention to disturb the national security, unity and sovereignty of the country, said the agency. The online handler of the chargesheeted accused had funded them through crypto currencies, according to NIA. The Shivamogga IS case was initially registered by the Shivamogga rural police on September 19,2022, and later taken over and re-registered by NIA on November 15, 2022.

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