NIA chargesheets five in ISKP terror conspiracy case

The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Tuesday charge-sheeted five persons allegedly associated with the Islamic State of Khorasan Province (ISKP), a proscribed Afghan terrorist organisation.

“The ISKP, a sister organisation of ISIS, is active in the Khorasan province of Afghanistan and is behind a meticulously planned conspiracy to promote terror and violence in the troubled nation,” said the agency.

Among those arraigned in the chargesheet are Ubaid Nasir Mir, Hanan Hayat Shawl, Mohammed Hazim Shah, Sumera Banu, and Zubair. They allegedly had plans to go to Afghanistan illegally via Iran from Porbandar, Gujarat, for training and to carry out terrorist acts there. However, they were arrested by Gujarat’s Anti-Terror Squad, which found that the five were actively involved with the ISKP.