NIA arrests two members of ISIS sleeper cell’s module from Mumbai airport

Mumbai, 17/5: In a major swoop, the National Investigation Agency (NIA) arrested two persons who were part of a sleeper module of ISIS when they landed at the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport from Jakarta, the capital of Indonesia.

The two accused, Abdullah Faiyaz Shaikh alias Diaperwala and Talha Khan, were wanted in a 2023 case related to fabrication and testing of IEDs in Pune – and carried a reward of Rs three lakh on their head.