The two arrested men were allegedly planning acts of terror in India.

Two men were arrested by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) from Hyderabad for conspiring to carry out terror activities in India on the instructions of ISIS. The two suspects were arrested on Saturday.



Mohammed Abdullah Basith (24), a resident of Hafeezbaba Nagar and Abdul Qhadeer (19), a resident of Chandrayangutta were arrested after NIA received inputs of Basith's association with ISIS operative Adnan Hassan.

Adnan Hassan, along with two men, was arrested in 2016 in ISIS module case for recruiting and training Indian Muslim youths to carry out terror activities for ISIS. He is still undergoing trial.

Explosive material was recovered nearly a week ago from Basith, who was in the process of making bombs to carry out terror acts in India, a senior NIA officer said. He had been planning to flee to join ISIS in 2016 but failed to do so.

Basith and Qhadeer had been under NIA scanner for some time.

After the 2016 module was busted, Basith had received over Rs 53,000 from UAE for recruiting and radicalising more youths towards ISIS ideology. NIA sleuths believe more evidence will emerge after interrogation of the accused.

NIA conducted searches at seven places on August 6 in Hyderabad City. They have sent the incriminating material to CFSL Hyderabad for analysis and data extraction.

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