The National Investigation Agency has arrested 14 people after they were handed over to India by Saudi Arabia recently for allegedly attempting to set-up ‘terror outfit Asnarulla’ in Tamil Nadu, court officials said Monday.
These 14 accused were brought in a special aircraft toChennai where they were produced before Special Judge Senthur Pandian of NIAcourt in Poonamallee, they said.
After hearing the NIA’s arguments, the court remanded allthe accused to agency’s custody till July 25, they said.
It is alleged that these people have been collecting moneyto set-up terror outfit ‘Asnarulla’ in Tamil Nadu and are believed to have beendeported from Saudi Arabia recently, they said.
The NIA had said it arrested two persons — Hassan Ali andHarish Mohammed — in the case on Saturday.
The agency had said it has busted a gang which allegedlyconspired, collected funds and made preparations to carry out terrorist attacksin India with the intention of establishing Islamic rule in the country.
It had also held searches in the premises belonging to thethree accused located here and atNagappattinam district in connection with the case.
According to credible information, the accused men, whilebeing within and beyond India, had conspired and conducted consequentpreparations to wage war against the Government of India by forming the”terrorist gang Ansarulla”, the NIA had said in a release.
A case was registered on July 9, 2019, (Tamil Nadu AnsarullaCase) against Syed Bukhari, a resident of Chennai, and Hassan Ali Yunusmaricar,and Mohammed Yusuffudeen Harish Mohamed, both natives of Nagappattinam, andothers, it said.
Various sections of the Indian Penal Code, includingcriminal conspiracy, waging or attempting to wage war against India, and terrorcharges under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act has been slapped againstthem.During the searches, nine mobile phones, 15 SIMcards, 7 memory cards, 3 laptops, 5 hard discs, 6 pen drives, 2 tablets and 3CDs/ DVDs besides documents, including magazines, banners, notices, posters andbooks were seized by the NIA.