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‘Saquib Nachan had conducted weapons’ training after release’
Updated On: 14 December, 2023 07:01 AM IST | Mumbai | Faizan Khan
NIA witness says he immediately resumed terror activities in Padgha village even as agencies had him under constanst surveillance
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Saquib Nachan after his release from prison. File pic/AP
Saquib Nachan—a former member of a banned terror organisation and a convict in the 2002-03 Mulund blast case—allegedly conducted weapons training, including with AK47 rifles, in his village in Padgha, Thane, following his bail in the case. This has been revealed by another ex-SIMI member in his statement to the National Investigation Agency (NIA). Last week, the NIA arrested Nachan in a significant operation against the ISIS Maharashtra module, apprehending a total of 15 suspects.
According to the former SIMI member’s statement to the NIA, he joined the terror outfit at the age of 17-18 and served as an ‘Ansar’ (a helper, or the one who brings victory) for nearly 13 years. He faces five cases, including the Kalyan SIMI member case in which he was acquitted. He is accused in the Mulund train blast case, and the trial is ongoing, as per his statement. Additionally, he is facing trial in the McDonald’s Mumbai Central blast case and the Vile Parle Sabzi Mandi blast case, but he was discharged in the Ghatkopar bus blast case.
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