A special court has granted the National Investigation Agency (NIA) seven days custody of accused Shamil Nachan, who is suspected to have links with ISIS. The NIA claimed that Nachin’s active role in “advancing the objectives of a designated foreign extremist organisation forms the basis of their arrest”.

According to the NIA, Nachin, a resident of Padgha, Thane, played a crucial role in the production, training, and testing of improvised explosive devices (IEDs) intended for use in terrorist acts. “He was closely collaborating with five other individuals already apprehended, namely Zulfikar Ali Barodawala, Mohammed Imran Khan, Mohammed Yunus Saki, Simab Nasiruddin Kazi, and Abdul Kadir Pathan, along with other unidentified suspects,” the NIA said in a statement.