Pune ISIS module was making IEDs, reveals NIA charge sheet

Updated On: 09 November, 2023 07:15 AM IST | Mumbai | Faizan Khan

Agency claims those arrested were planning to target places in Maharashtra, Goa and Karnataka on behalf of the ISIS

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Shamil Nachan, one of the accused named in the charge sheet. File pic

In its comprehensive charge sheet in connection with the Pune ISIS module case, the NIA has revealed that the accused arrested in the case are active members of ISIS and were planning a major terror attack in India to show support to the banned terror outfit. The charge sheet has revealed that the accused were making IEDs using various methods and literature, and were using code words to discuss the chemicals utilised in making explosives. The National Investigation Agency (NIA) charge sheet has named seven accused in the case, identified as Imran Khan, Yunus Saki, Kadeer Pathan, Seemab Kazi, Zulfikar Ali, Shamil Nachan (son of former SIMI member Saquib Nachan ) and Aakif Nachan.

“In order to avoid the actual names of material used in bomb-making process, accused persons used code words like Shirka for sulphuric acid H2SO4, rose water for acetone, sharbat for hydrogen peroxide etc.” the charge sheet reads. According to the charge sheet, the accused were also using other items such as thermometers and droppers, ice, speaker wire, small glass bulbs of 12 volts, 9-volt batteries, filter paper, a pocket matchbox, soda powder, washing machine timer, alarm clock plastic dial etc. during their said IED/bomb fabrication training at the rented house of a wanted accused named Abdullah.

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