The National Investigation Agency has arrested the alleged chief of the Hyderabad ISIS terror module on Tuesday, which was busted on June 29. Naimathullah Hussaini alias Yasir alias Abu Darda, 42years old and a resident of Moghalpura, was arrested in a predawn raid in the morning today. He was suspected to be the chief and a key member of the conspiracy group, and contributed money to the terrorist fund which was collected by the members of the group.

He was assigned as the ‘amir’ of the group and took part in the key conspiracy meetings in the last three months. Naimathullah Hussaini was detained by NIA during the raid on 29 June, but he was let off as his role was unclear at that time. Hussaini is a cloth merchant who had his shop near Shadan College near Khairatabad.

NIA has also arrested Mohammed Ataullah Rehman, a resident of Bandlaguda, for taking a major role in the conspiracy. He was involved in radicalising the group members and he also administered ‘bayah’, the oath of allegiance to ISIS chief Abu Bakr Al Baghdadi, to the group members.

He participated in several conspiracy meetings and was a mentor and motivator, as reported to the NIA by the other arrested convicts in the case. He was also detained during the June 29 raid but was let off after questioning.

The arrests came after an IS sympathizer was also picked up for interrogation by NIA on July 8.

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By Prakriti Neogi