New IS module case: NIA arrested 21 year old  arms supplier in UP
New IS module case: NIA arrested 21 year old arms supplier in UP
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New Delhi/Meerut: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Friday stated that  it has arrested an arms supplier in links with its ongoing search into the new Islamic State (IS) module 'Harkat-ul-Harb-e-Islam'. A senior NIA official in the national capital New Delhi said the agency has arrested 21-year-old Naeem in Uttar Pradesh's Meerut on Thursday night.

The official also said that Naeem has been involved in the supply of weapons to the accused persons in the case, who were allegedly planning to do violence to some political personalities and security establishments as well as crowded places in Delhi and the National Capital Region.

Worth mention here on December 26, the NIA arrested 10 persons, including group leader Mufti Mohammad Suhail, following the counter-terror probe agency held searches at 17 places -- six in east Delhi's Jafarabad area, six in Amroha, two each in Lucknow and Hapur and one in Meerut.

The agency also sealed a country-made rocket launcher, 12 pistols, 112 alarm clocks, 100 mobile phones, 135 SIM cards, a number of laptops and various electronic gadgets, besides 150 rounds of grenades.

 Post the arrest of the 10 persons, the NIA also held follow-up searches in a number of cities of Uttar Pradesh to recognize more suspects of the new IS module.

 

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