Delhi Court sends alleged ISIS member to judicial custody for a month

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Mohsin Ahmad was arrested on August 6 after the NIA searched his home in connection with a case involving "online and on-ground activities of ISIS".

A Delhi Court on Tuesday sent Mohsin Ahmad, an alleged active member of the Islamic State Links (ISIS), to judicial custody for 30 days, reports TOI.

Special Judge Dharmesh Sharma of Patiala House Court, Delhi sent Mohsin to jail for a month after National Investigation Agency (NIA) did not seek his further remand for custodial interrogation.

Mohsin was arrested from his residence in Delhi’s Batla House by the NIA on Saturday, i.e. August 6, 2022, for his alleged involvement in the collection of funds for the terrorist outfit from sympathizers in India and abroad and sending it to Syria and other places in the form of crypto-currency.

Earlier, Mohsin was sent to NIA custody till August 16.

As per NIA, the case pertains to online and on-ground activities of ISIS, and the case was registered suo-moto by the NIA on June 25, 2022.

In July, the NIA conducted searches at 13 premises of suspects in six states in connection with activities pertaining to ISIS. The raids were carried out in States including Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat, Bihar, Karnataka, Maharashtra, and Uttar Pradesh.

The agency conducted searches at Bhopal and Raisen districts in Madhya Pradesh, Deoband in Uttar Pradesh, Arariya district in Bihar, Bhatkal, and Tumkur city districts in Karnataka, Bharuch, Surat, Navsari, and Ahmedabad in Gujarat, and Kolhapur, Nanded in Maharashtra. 

The case was registered Suo Moto by NIA  under Sections 153A, and 153B of IPC and Sections 153A, and 153B of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) and Sections 18, 18B, 38, 39 & 40 of Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act.

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