13 July,2016 01:58 AM IST | | Agencies
A motivator, who raised funds for the terrorist outfit was also nabbed
Hyderabad: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) yesterday arrested two key members of the Hyderabad ISIS module, which they had unearthed last month. "Yasir Niamatullah, chief of Hyderabad module, and Athaullah Rehman, a motivator who raised funds, have been arrested," sources in Telangana Intelligence Department said.
The NIA had on June 29 arrested five city-based persons on charges of their involvement in the terror module, suspected to be linked to ISIS, and conspiring to carry out bomb attacks. On July 1, they were remanded in police custody for 12 days.
The five - Mohammed Ibrahim Yazdani alias Ibbu, Habeeb Mohammed alias Sir, Mohammed Ilyas Yazdani, Abdullah Bin Ahmed Al Amoodi and Muzaffar Hussain Rizwan - were arrested following a series of searches conducted at 10 locations in Old City area, with the assistance of Hyderabad Police.
Following its prior investigation, on June 22, the NIA had lodged an FIR against the module for "criminal conspiracy to wage war against the Government of India" by collecting weapons and by targeting public places, religious sites and sensitive government buildings in the country.
