In a significant operation, the National Investigation Agency (NIA) conducted a raid on Thursday at the residence of Shamil Nachan, son of Saquib Nachan, a former member of SIMI, an arrested accused in the Pune ISIS module case, located in Thane. The search yielded a trove of compelling materials that lay bare the sinister conspiracy of the terrorist organisation to disrupt the nation`s peace and communal harmony.

Located in Padgha, Thane, the raided house of Shamil, a member of an ISIS Sleeper Cell, yielded a collection of mobile phones, hard disks, handwritten documents, and more. "These items are currently under examination and analysis. Shamil had previously been apprehended for his involvement in bomb (IED) assembly & training workshops and the creation and testing of improvised explosive devices (IEDs)," NIA has said.