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NEW DELHI/LUCKNOW: The NIA on Wednesday detained 10 people from Uttar Pradesh and Delhi for their suspected involvement with a new ISIS-inspired terror module planning to carry out blasts in north India, especially in the national capital, officials said.The National Investigation Agency conducted searches across multiple locations in Uttar Pradesh and Delhi in connection with its probe into the new module called 'Harkat ul Harb e Islam', they said.Of the 10 persons detained by the anti-terror probe agency, five were picked up from the western Uttar Pradesh district of Amroha following a joint operation with the UP anti-terrorist squad, inspector general ATS Asim Arun said in Lucknow."We conducted searches across 17 locations in Uttar Pradesh and Delhi in connection with a new ISIS module styled as 'Harkat ul Harb e Islam' which was in an advance stage of carrying out a series of blasts," NIA IG Alok Mittal told a media briefing following the raids."The module was being run by one Mufti Sohail, who lives in Delhi and is a cleric at a mosque in UP's Amroha," Mittal said, adding that the outfit was in touch with a foreign mastermind whose identity is yet to be established.The agency said the group wanted to carry out terror attacks at vital installations and crowded places in the country with plans to target VIPs and political leaders."Members of the outfit are between the ages of 20 and 30 years and belong to middle class families. They were all highly radicalised," the agency said.Large quantities of explosive material, weapons and ammunition including a country made rocket launcher have been recovered so far in the raids. The agency has also seized Rs 7.5 lakh in cash, nearly 100 mobile phones, 135 SIM cards, laptops and memory cards.Five more were detained from northeast Delhi with the help of Delhi police 's special cell, officials said.The group, which formed around four-five months ago, was under NIA surveillance for some time following inputs of their suspicious activities, officials said.NIA said that the searches are still under way.