The National Investigation Agency (NIA) carried out raids in Uttar Pradesh and Punjab related to an ISIS-inspired module case.
The raids were carried out at seven places in Ludhiana, Punjab and western UP in connection with the investigation of the recently registered case of ISIS-inspired module.
The NIA team detained one man in Ludhiana named Mohammad Ovesh Pasha who is a ‘maulvi’ at a mosque at Meharbaan village on the Ludhiana-Chandigarh road.
The raid on the mosque was conducted on Thursday by a team of NIA along with Punjab Police. The man is suspected to be part of the ISIS module, busted in UP. He had come to Ludhiana seven months ago, and was earlier studied in a ‘madrasa’ in UP, where he got in touch with ISIS operatives.
Ludhiana Police said he was booked under Sections 17/18/20/39 of UAP Act, Sections 120-A, 121-B and 122 of the IPC and Sections 4/5 of the Explosives Act.