In a crackdown ahead of Republic Day, the NIA has arrested 13 suspected ISIS sympathisers for plotting attacks in different parts of the country. According to a Home Ministry spokesperson, of the 14 suspects detained Friday, 13 have been arrested. The arrests were made following simultaneous searches and raids conducted at 12 locations in six cities–Bangalore, Tumkur, Mangalore, Hyderabad, Mumbai and Lucknow Friday with the support of local police forces. Circuits for detonating explosives were recovered during the searches. <br/><br/>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. The NIA said it received information that certain individuals from different cities in the country were in the process of organizing themselves to commit terror acts in different parts of the country. <br/><br/>All the arrested suspects are being brought to the national capital for detailed interrogation as preliminary enquiry indicated that they were working on evolving a terror outfit with ideologies similar to ISIS.

In a crackdown ahead of Republic Day, the NIA has arrested 13 suspected ISIS sympathisers for plotting attacks in different parts of the country. According to a Home Ministry spokesperson, of the 14 suspects detained Friday, 13 have been arrested. The arrests were made following simultaneous searches and raids conducted at 12 locations in six cities–Bangalore, Tumkur, Mangalore, Hyderabad, Mumbai and Lucknow Friday 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. The NIA said it received information that certain individuals from different cities in the country were in the process of organizing themselves to commit terror acts in different parts of the country. <br/><br/>All the arrested suspects are being brought to the national capital for detailed interrogation as preliminary enquiry indicated that they were working on evolving a terror outfit with ideologies similar to ISIS.