NIA arrests accused Abdur Rahman r/o Basavangudi, Bangalore in connection with a case relating to an Islamic State Khorasan Province (ISKP) module. Abdul Rahman, 28 years, is working as an Ophthalmologist at M S Ramaiah Medical College, Bangalore.

This case was registered by Delhi Police in March 2020 after arrest of Kashmiri couple — Jahanzaib Sami Wani Hina Bashir Beigh — from Jamia Nagar in Delhi. The couple was found to have affiliations with ISKP for subversive and anti-national activities.

During investigation, NIA arrested two more accused viz. Sadiya Anwar Sheikh & Nabeel Siddick Khatri, both residents of Pune, for being part of conspiracy to further the activities of ISIS/ISKP in India and carry out subversive activities in garb of CAA) protests.

NIA says Rahman confessed he was conspiring with Jahanzaib Sami and other Syria-based ISIS operatives on secure messaging platforms to further ISIS activities. He was developing a medical app for helping injured ISIS cadres in conflict-zones and a weaponry-related application

Significantly, he had visited an ISIS medical camp in Syria in early 2014 for treatment of ISIS terrorists and stayed with Islamic State operatives for 10 days and returned to India.

After arresting him, NIA carried out searches at 03 premises belonging to Rahman in Bangalore with the assistance of Karnataka Police and seized digital devices, mobile phone, laptop containing incriminating material.