Maharashtra ATS conducts searches in Thane in terror case; 12 detained

The Mumbai unit of the ATS, with the help of the Thane rural police, began searches round 4 am at Padgha and Borivali village within the district adjoining Mumbai, an official stated with out giving the case particulars.

Heavy safety was deployed within the two villages, he stated.

The ATS sleuths searched nearly two dozen homes and the premises of former office-bearers and members of the banned Students Islamic Movement of India , together with Saquib Nachan, Aaquib Saquib Nachan, Abdul Latif Kaskar, Kaif Nachan and Shajil Nachan, he stated.

Farak Zubair Mulla , a land dealer and former member of SIMI, was additionally amongst these whose homes had been searched, the official stated.

It got here to gentle that he had gone on Hajj in Saudi Arabia. His elder brother, Hasib Zubair Mulla, was accused within the 2002 and 2003 Mumbai prepare bomb blast instances.

Hasib served a 10-year sentence, and since December 9, 2023, he has been behind bars with Saquib Nachan at a jail in Delhi in an ISIS module case, the official stated.

Abdul Latif Kaskar , whose home was additionally searched, works in a godown. He is a detailed good friend of Farhan Suse, who was detained by safety companies in an ISIS module case in Delhi.

During the searches, six individuals weren’t obtainable at their residences, the official stated.

The raids had been on until the afternoon and the questioning of suspects went on for a number of hours, he stated.

The ATS later took the suspects to Padgha police station the place 12 individuals had been detained for additional interrogation, he stated with out figuring out them.

“We have identified certain individuals, and searches are going on accordingly,” the official earlier stated.

In 2023, the National Investigation Agency performed searches in Padgha as a part of a nationwide crackdown on the phobia outfit ISIS and arrested a number of individuals, together with Saquib Nachan.

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