In some shocking revelations, the ISIS suspects, who were arrested ahead of Republic Day celebrations, today said that they had plans to topple the Indian government. The suspects further disclosed that they wanted to impose the Sharia law in the country.

The terror suspects, who were picked up from different parts of the country, told National Investigation Agency (NIA) sleuths that only Sharia law could impose stringent punishment for offenders.

During the course of the probe, the suspects also revealed that they had plans of obtaining weapons.

The Home Ministry has decided to seek information and aid from American, German, Australian and Israeli investigative agencies regarding the suspects. It is suspected that the terror network in India may be larger.

Meanwhile, 12 terror suspects have been sent to police custody till February 5 by a special NIA court. In the remand application the NIA said that the suspects were in contact with some active Islamic State (IS) members through apps like Trillian and Skype, sources said.

The arrests were made following simultaneous searches and raids conducted at 12 locations in six cities- Bangalore, Tumkur, Mangalore, Hyderabad, Mumbai and Lucknow on Saturday with the support of local police forces.

Circuits for detonating explosives were recovered during the searches. The NIA said that certain incriminating articles, including but not limited to mobile phones, laptops, unaccounted cash, jihadi literature and videos and certain material for preparation of bombs were recovered from these places.

According to sources, the arrested people were part of a group named 'Janood-ul-Khalifa-e-Hind' (Army of Caliph of India), a terror group which has almost similar ideologies that of ISIS.

They said the suspects had been under surveillance for quite sometime and the decision to arrest them was taken as the group received 'instructions' for carrying out 'some sensational' attacks in the country.

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