The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has apprehended an additional individual in the Pune ISIS module case, bringing the total number of individuals arrested to eight, according to an official statement released on Thursday.

A report in the PTI stated that the investigating agency identified the suspect as Mohammed Shahnawaz Alam, a resident of Hazaribagh in the eastern state of Jharkhand. He, purportedly, had been actively engaged in promoting the terrorist activities of a designated foreign terrorist organisation.