Sources from the the National Investigation Agency (NIA) of India said one more person was taken into custody on Saturday in connection with Colombo blasts.
The NIA said it took Faizal, a native of Kerala's Kollam, into custody on April 27 (Saturday) on suspicion of having direct contacts with Sohran Hashif, one of the conspirators behind the Colombo blasts.
NIA sources also confirm that Sohran visited Kerala a couple of times. The three detained yesterday from Palakkad and Kasaragode by the NIA was based on the evidences gathered from Faizal.
Two of the three persons detained yesterday were identified as Ahmed Arafat and Abu Bakar Siddiqui. They were taken in for questioning after being detained by NIA Cochin unit.
Sources told Times Now earlier that the trio were detained after receiving information that they were in touch with Sohran Hashif, suspected to be one of the conspirators behind the bomb blasts that shook the island nation. The two Kerala youths were reportedly influenced by Sohran’s readical ideology, sources said.
The NIA proble also found out that three persons detained yesterday had links with ISIS. The NIA officials also recovered DVDs of controversial Islamic preacher Zakir Naik from the suspects, sources said.
The NIA said in a statement, "NIA today carried out searches at three places in Kerala in connection with 2016 ISIS Kasaragod Module case.
They are suspected to have links with some of accused in the said case who left India to join terrorist organisation ISIS".
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