Mumbai, July 12 (UNI) The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Friday filed a chargesheet before a Mumbai Special Court, naming two accused, including a Libyan national, in the ISIS terror conspiracy busted in Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar, an official said.

The NIA has named M. Zoheb Khan of Maharashtra, who was arrested earlier this year (February 2024),, and the Libyan M. Shoeb Khan, as key conspirators in the terror plot linked with a module in Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar to the ISIS’ global networks.

Zoheb was recruited by Shoeb and they hatched a plot to promote ISIS’ anti-India agenda, recruit vulnerable youth to carry out terrorist strikes at sensitive installations across the country.

The chargesheet before the NIA Special Court has exposed the international linkages of the conspiracy involving the foreign-based handlers of the ISIS/IS operatives.

The NIA probe already exposed the web of anti-India activities involving Zoheb and Shoeb, who had taken ‘bayath’ (pledge of allegiance) towards the self-anointed Khalifa of ISIS.

After targeting India with a series of terror strikes, Zoheb and Shoeb had planned to flee to either Turkey or Afghanistan, as per the NIA probe.

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