NIA Hqrs.

Date: 22 December, 2016

PRESS RELEASE
Eight accused charge sheeted for involvement in terrorist conspiracy
in Hyderabad ISIS Module Case
O n 2 2nd
Decembe r, 2 016, th e NIA Hyde raba d Bra n ch f iled a
Cha rge She et bef ore NIA spe cia l Cou rt at Hyde rabad, in NIA Ca se no. RC01 /201 6/ NIA / H YD (Hyd erabad ISIS Modu le Ca se ) , a gainst 08 a ccu sed
pe rson s n ame ly:
i.

Ab du llah Bin Ahmed A l Amood i @ Fah ad @ A buha leem (A -1), S /o

Sh aik A hmed A l Amo od i, A ge 31 yrs, R/o
Pun ch Moha lla ,
Cha rm ina r, Hyd e rab ad unde r sect ion s 18, 20, 38 and 39 of the
Un la wf u l A ct ivities (P re vent ion ) A ct , 19 67, Se ct ion s 4 an d 5 of the
E xp lo sive s S ubstan ce s A ct, Se ct ion 2 5 (1A ) of A rms A ct , r/ w Sec
12 0B IP C, r/ w Sec 34 IP C.

ii.

Mohamme d Ib rah im Ya zdan i @ Abu Abdu rrahma n (A -2 ), S /o

Mohamme d Man zoo r Ya zdan i, A ge 29 yrs, R/ o Ta labKa tta , Ama n
Na ga r -B , Hyde rabad un de r se ct ion s 17, 18 , 1 8B, 20 , 38 an d 3 9 of
t he Un la wf u l Act ivit ie s (P re vent ion ) A ct , 1 967, S ect io ns 4 an d 5 of
t he E xp lo sives Sub sta nce s Act, Se ct io n 2 5 (1 A) of Arms A ct , r/ w
Se ct io n 12 0B a nd Se c 34 IP C.

iii.

Habe eb Mohammed @ Abu S ha iba h (A -3 ), S/ o Habee b Moh sin , A ge

31 yrs, R/ o Ha shamaba d, Hyd erabad und er se ct ion s 17 , 18, 18 B ,
20 , 38 and 39 of the Un la wf u l A ct ivitie s (P re ve nt ion ) Act, 19 67, Se c
12 0 B IP C, se ct ion 4 , 5 and 6 of the E xp lo sives S ubstan ce s A ct,
Se ct io n 25 (1A ) of A rm s A ct r/ w S ec 34 IP C.

iv.

Mohamme d I lyas Ya zda ni @ Abu Man soo r (A -4 ), s/o Moh ammed

Man zoo r Ya zdan i, A ge 24 yrs, R/oTa lab Kat ta, Aman Na ga r,
Hyd e rabad u nde r se ct io ns 18 , 20, 38 a nd 39 of t he Un la wf ul
A ct i vit ies (P re vent io n) A ct, 196 7, Se ct io ns 4, 5 a nd 6 of the
E xp lo sive s S ubstan ce s A ct , Se ct ion 2 5 (1A ) of Arm s A c t , Se ct io n
12 0 B and Se c 34 IP C.

v.

Mu zaf f ar Hussa in Rizwa n (A-5 ) @ Rizwa n @ Abu lh asan s/o Gu lam

Ham id Hussa in K han , A ge 2 9 yrs, R/o Hou se be side t he R/ O Talab
Ka tta , Hyde rabad und e r se ct ion s 17 , 18, 2 0, 38 and 3 9 of th e
Un la wf u l Activit ie s (P re ven t ion ) A ct , 1 967, Se ct ion s 4, 5 and 6 of
t he E xp losive s Sub sta nce s, Sect ion 25 (1 A ) of Arm s Act r/ w S ec12 0
B and Se c 34 I PC .

vi.

Ya sir Na ima thu llah @ Na ima th Ullah Hu ssa in i (A -6 ) @ Ya sir @ A bu

Da rda s/o S yed S ib ga th Ullah Hu ssa in i, A ge 44 yrs, R/ o
Mo gh a lpu ra , Hyd erab ad u nde r se ct ion s 1 7, 18, 18B , 20 , 38 and 39
of the Unla wf u l Act ivit ie s (P re ven t ion) Act, 196 7, Se ct ion s 4 and 5
of th e E xp lo sive s Su bstan ces A ct, Se ct ion 25 (1A ) of A rm s A ct r/ w
Se c 120 B an d S ec 34 IP C .

vii.

Mohd Atau llah Rahman (A -7) @ Ghou se @ Ib ne B id ri s/o Mohd

Ab du l Han nan , Age 31 yrs, R/o Ba nd la gu da, Hyde ab ad, unde r
sect ion s 17, 18, 18 B, 2 0, 3 8 and 3 9 of the Un la wf ul Act ivit ie s
(P re ven tion ) Act, 196 7, Se ct io ns 4 a n d 5 of the E xp lo sive s
Su bstan ces A ct , Se ct ion 25 (1A ) of Arms A ct r/ w Sec 120 B IP C and
Se c 34 IP C.

viii.

Ab du l Raoof (A -8 ) @
Mohamme d A lma sh r if i
s/o Hu ssa in B in
Ahm ed, A ge 24 yrs, R/ o Tala b K atta , Hyd e rabad , u nde r sect ion s 20 ,
38 and 39 of the Un la wf ul A ct ivities (P re ven t ion ) A ct , 196 7 .

2.
A s pe r the MHA O rde r No.1 1011/ 15/2 016 -IS -IV da ted 20.0 6.20 16
issue d unde r se ct ion 6 (5 ) r/ w 8 of NI A A ct, 2008 , a ca se wa s re giste red
vid e R C-01/ 2016 /NIA / HYD! at NIA Hyd e rabad B ra nc h Po lice St at ion , on
22 .06 .2016 a ga inst 1 ) Mohamme d Iliya s Ya zdan i 2 ) Mohamme d Ib rah im
Ya zda ni 3 ) Ha be eb Moh ammed , 4 ) Mohammed I rf an, 5 ) Abdu llah B in
Ahm ed A l Am ood i , all of Hyde rabad an d o the r un kno wn pe rson s su spe cted
of an of f ense of ent erin g into a crimina l con sp iracy to wa ge war a ga in st t he
G o vt. of In di a, by colle ct in g weapon s a nd e xp losive ma te ria ls to t arge t
pu blic p la ce s in clud in g Re ligious sites an d S ensit ive Go ve rnmen t b uild ings
e tc in va rious pa rts of th e coun try.

3.
O n 2 9.06 .201 6, 05 a c cuse d i. e., A1 t o A5 and on 1 2 .07 .2016 , 02
a ccuse d i.e ., A6 and A7 a s no ted abo ve, we re arrested in t his ca se. Du rin g
ho use sea rch condu cte d on 29 .06 .2016 , se ve ra l e le ct ron ic gad get s, mob ile
ph one s, ha rd d iscs, Sem i -aut omat ic p isto ls , A ir Rif le, Pe llet s, Ta rget
Bo a rds, E xplosive p re cu rso r chem ica ls, wh ich can be u sed f o r t he
p rep a rat ion of TATP, Urea Nitra te e xp lo sive and e qu ipment s f o r
manuf a ctu rin g like pet ja rs wit h liqu id s, Capa cito r, ga s st o ve with cyl in der,
we i gh in g ba la nce , na ils, Kn ive s, Qua rt z a la rm t ime p ie ce s, bund le of wire

e tc. ha ve been se ize d.

4.
Fo ren sic Ana lysis of ele ct ro nic gad get s seized f rom t he a ccu sed
re vea led the on line rad ica liza t ion of t he accu sed b y wa t ch in g video s of t he
I SIS , ba yan s (d iscou rse s an d lectu re s) of rad ica l I sl am ic p rea che rs, such
a s An wa r A wlaki, Abd u Sam i Qa sm i, Me ra j Rabbani, Tau sif u r Re hman ,
Je rjees A nsa ri and Zakir Na i k . In ve st iga tion has e sta blished t hat the
membe rs do wn lo ade d and f ollo wed the I SIS p ropa gan da video s, I SIS
ma ga zine Da biq, wh ich con vinced them t hat t he I SIS wa s f igh t in g f or
t he righ ts of the Sun nis.

5.
The grou p a sso ciate d with t he t errorist o rga niza tion calle d the
I slam ic St ate of Ira q and S yria (the IS IS ) and p ledge d the ir a lle gia nce
t hrou gh th e B a yah to Ab u B akr a l -Ba ghda di, the se lf -p ro cla imed Ca liph of
t he Islam ic Sta te an d f o rmed a group called Jhund ul Khila fa Fi Bila d Al
Hi nd (A rm y of th e Ca liph f rom t he Sou th Ind ia ).

6.
In vest igat io n h as e st ab lishe d t hat t he group used dif fe ren t m etho ds
of commun icat io n t o con nect with i n t he group and with t he o ve rse as ISIS
ha nd le rs . This in clud ed t he u se of the da rk net th rou gh To r b ro wse r, use of
en crypt ion app licat io ns su ch a s O rbo t, Amn a l Mu jah id (an en crypt ion
p ro gram b y A l -Fa jr Med ia Cent re , an e xclusive d ist ribu to r of A l Qa eda s
P ro pa gan da ), Chat se cu re, Te le gram and e ncrypte d ema ils system s. The y
de libe rate ly u sed secure commun icat io n an d en crypt ion to e vade dete ct ion
b y la w enf orcement a ge ncie s.

7.
I n ve st igat ion cond ucted, so f a r, ha s su ccessf ully estab lished th at
a ll the accu sed pe rson s a re membe rs of a te r ro rist ga n g. E ach member
p la yed his ro le in t he con sp iracy. The re we re se ve ra l mee tin gs co ndu cted
b y the mem be rs ove r the p e riod whe re ma n y de cisio ns we re ta ken on the
cou rse of act ion to b e ta ken in f urthe ra nc e of th e con sp iracy. The group
made eff orts to go a nd join the ISIS , too k inst ruct ions f rom th e hand ler,
f orm ed a te rro rist group, p led ge d Ba yah to the ISI S, re cru ite d o ther
membe rs, cont ribut ed mo ne y, ut ilized th e f und s so colle cte d to procu re ra w
mat e ri als, Mob ile phon es, SI M card s, f irea rm s, ammun it io n, e xplosive
p re cu rso rs, in pu rsuan ce of th e te rro r con sp ira cy. A ll t he a ccuse d pe rson s
ha d con sp ired with a common int ent to commit t e rro rist a ct s to st rike te rror
an d t hreate n t he saf et y, se cu rit y an d in t e grit y of t he n at io n.

8.

The In vest igat io n is be in g cont in ued u /s 173 (8) CrP C.

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