A wished terrorist, a member of the Pune module of the ISIS, has been arrested by the Delhi Police, officers stated on Friday.
Appearing on a tip-off, a workforce of the Delhi Police’s Particular Cell arrested Rizwan Abdul Haji Ali, a resident of Daryaganj right here, from a location close to Ganga Baksh Marg on the Delhi-Faridabad border at round 11 pm on Thursday, the officers stated.
A .30-bore pistol, three stay cartridges and two cellphones have been seized from his possession, they added.
The Nationwide Investigation Company (NIA) had declared a reward of Rs 3 lakh for data resulting in Ali’s arrest.
It’s suspected that Ali was conducting reconnaissance for a doable assault on some VIPs based mostly in Delhi-NCR, an officer stated, including that he’s being interrogated.
The officer stated companies have been trying to find the wished terrorist for the final 12 months and a half, after he fled from the custody of the Pune Police.
Groups of the Delhi Police, Maharashtra Police and NIA have to date arrested seven members of the ISIS’ Pune module, together with Ali, official sources stated.
Final 12 months, two separate circumstances underneath the stringent Illegal Actions (Prevention) Act (UAPA) have been lodged by the Delhi Police’s Particular Cell and Mumbai Police in opposition to the members of the module for his or her alleged involvement in anti-India actions, the officer stated.
In October final 12 months, three members of the ISIS module — Mohammad Shahnawaz, Mohammad Rizwan and Arshad Warsi — have been arrested by the Particular Cell from Delhi, Lucknow and Moradabad respectively.
The NIA had introduced a reward of Rs 3 lakh for data resulting in Shahnawaz’s arrest.
In line with an announcement from the Delhi Police, in 2015, Ali obtained inclined in the direction of radical ideology by social media. In 2017, he met Shahnawaz, a Jharkhand native who had come to Delhi’s Shaheen Bagh for research, they usually turned good mates progressively.
Shahnawaz and Ali wished to go for Hijrat and to gather funds for the aim, Shahnawaz obtained concerned in felony actions.
In 2018, Ali obtained related with an ISIS handler over a social media utility. Since then, he and his associates have been deeply concerned within the ISIS ideology and have been planning and preparations for committing terror acts, the assertion stated.
In April 2022, Ali and Shahnawaz got here in contact with Imran and Yunus Saaki and began gathering supplies for the preparation of improvised explosive gadgets (IEDs).
The sources stated the module has been lively in Pune for the final 12 months and a half.
The members of the module are allegedly recruited on-line by Pakistan-based handlers recognized as Farahtulla Gauri and Shahid Faisal, the sources stated.
The Pune Police arrested Imran and Saaki final 12 months, they stated, including that the 2 males have been discovered travelling in a stolen car.
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