The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Thursday filed a charge sheet in a special court at Nampally in Hyderabad against eight persons suspected to be ISIS members. They have been charged with conspiring to carry out Paris and Brussels-type attack in the city.
According to NIA, the eight were the members of a terrorist group called Jund Ul Khilafa Fi Bilad Al Hind (Army of Caliph from South India) which has pledged its bai’ath (allegiance) to ISIS leader Abu Bakr Al Bagdhadi.
The eight have been accused of targeting personalities as well as planning to target public places such as the IT companies, malls and religious sites, using triacetone peroxide (TATP) explosives which are very difficult to detect with scanners, Deccan Chronicle reported.
The group was arrested on June 29.
NIA said that the group used encrypted applications such as Orbot, Amn Al Mujahid and Telegram and Tor browser for communications.
The NIA has alleged that the group was guided to prepare the explosives by an online handler based in Syria.
