TRICHY: National Investigation Agency (NIA) officials have arrested a 20-year-old man in connection with a case of conspiracy to kill some Hindu leade.
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MAYILADUTHURAI: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) arrested an ISIS terror suspect in Mayiladuthurai on Thursday night. He was wanted for a criminal conspiracy in 2018, allegedly aimed at a few leaders in Coimbatore.
The suspect who was identified as A Mohammed Ashiq, ageing around 25 years, was nabbed in Needur near Mayiladuthurai on Thursday. He allegedly swore allegiance to the terror organisation Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) in 2018 and was wanted as a prime suspect for plotting to kill a few leaders in Coimbatore.
According to NIA sources, a group of seven people from different parts of Tamil Nadu formed a group in Coimbatore and swore allegiance to the terrorist organisation ‘ISIS’. They conspired to kill leaders based in Coimbatore, thereby threatening the communal harmony and the security and sovereignty of the country.
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COIMBATORE: A van driver and a 54-year-old woman passenger were killed after the vehicle rammed another van on the L&T bypass on Monday morning.
The deceased were identified as H Mohammed Ashiq, 24, of Komaralingam in Tirupur district and Rajamani, wife of Nataraj of Lakshmi Nagar at Seeranaickenpalayam in Coimbatore.
Nataraj, a private security guard, Rajamani and their grandsons S Kishore, 17 and S Rithish, 7, had visited their relative’s house at Udumalpet in Tirupur district to celebrate Pongal festival. They hired a van and were heading towards Seeranaickenpalayam from Udumalpet on Monday morning. Mohammed Ashiq was driving the vehicle. When the van reached L&T Bypass, another van heading towards Kerala, rammed the vehicle.