<span style="color: #222222;">NIA on Wednesday conducted searches at 17 locations in Uttar Pradesh and Delhi in connection with a new ISIS-inspired module styled as 'Harkat ul Harb e Islam'. </span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">Briefing media in New Delhi, NIA Inspector General, Alok Mittal said the module was in an advanced stage of carrying out a series of blasts. </span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">He said that NIA has arrested 10 accused after initial interrogation of the 16 suspects. Mr Mittal added that the level of preparation suggests their aim was to carry out explosions in near future by remote control blasts and fidayeen attacks. </span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">He informed that the mastermind is Mufti Sohail, who is a native of Amroha in Uttar Pradesh.</span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">Total amount worth 7.5 lakh rupees was recovered, and around 100 mobile phones, 135 SIM cards, laptops and memory were also seized. He added that these suspects were making remote control bombs. </span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">25 kilogram worth of explosives-making material and ammunitions including a rocket launcher was also recovered. </span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">Mr Mittal said, the new module was preparing to carry out terrorist attacks targeting vital installations, sensitive locations and crowded places in and around Delhi NCR.</span><br />