New Delhi, Jul 13 (UNI) The national anti- terror probe agency NIA on Monday said its teams carried out searches in Pune and arrested two accused persons in connection with Islamic State Khorasan Province (ISKP) case, for their alleged involvement in ‘propagating ISIS ideology and spreading its activities’ in India.
The probe agency officials said that 27-year-old Nabeel S Khatri, a resident of Khondwa in Pune and 22-year-old Sadiya Anwar Sheikh, a resident of Phulenagar area of the city were arrested following raids conducted by the NIA. The former runs a gym in Pune while Sadiya Sheikh is a second year student of Mass Communications and Journalism at Baramati, they added.
This case was initially registered by Delhi Police Special Cell on March 8 this year after the arrest of a Kashmiri couple - Jahanzaib Sami Wani and his wife Hina Bashir Beigh from Jamia Nagar in the national capital and later the NIA took over the case.