Two more Islamic State suspects arrested in Hyderabad

The recently busted Islamic State’s (IS’s) module comprising five Hyderabadis could be bigger than what the law-enforcing agencies initially suspected.

National Investigation Agency (NIA) officials on Tuesday arrested two more youth from the city on the charge of aiding and abetting the five suspects arrested earlier. Ataullah Rehman and Yasser Naimathullah were picked up from Quba colony of Bandlaguda and Darogh Lane of Moghalpura respectively.

They were presented before the Special Court for NIA cases here in Nampally and remanded in judicial custody. The duo, according to the remand report, allegedly planned to carry out terror attacks and wage war against the Union of India.

NIA sources said Rehman allegedly played a key role in bringing together members of the module. The conspiracy to detonate Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) at public places was part of his conspiracy, they said.