Who is Adnan Ali Sarkar doctor arrested by NIA in Pune, Maharashtra for links to ISIS

Who is Adnan Ali Sarkar doctor arrested by NIA in Pune, Maharashtra for links to ISIS

On Thursday, doctor Adnan Ali Sarkar was arrested by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) in Pune for his connections to the ISIS

It is the fifth arrest from Maharashtra for promoting violent activities, the agency also seizes papers and tools.

Who is Dr Adnan Ali Sarkar doctor arrested by NIA in Pune, Maharashtra for links to ISIS

In connection with the Maharashtra ISIS module investigation, the National Investigation Agency (NIA) detained a doctor named Adnan Ali Sarkar in Pune on Thursday, July 27. The doctor who was arrested is charged with encouraging the violent activities of the Islamist terror group.

Dr Adnan Ali Sarkar, the anesthesiologist, was detained when an NIA team searched his Kondhawa home in Pune.

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The Educated Terrorist Recruited And Trained Young People For ISIS

The NIA press statement claims that during the search, electronic equipment and documents related to ISIS were found at Sarkar’s Kondhwa home, along with other incriminating evidence. NIA claimed that the doctor was active in recruiting young people for ISIS in order to spread its murderous ideology. 

The NIA statement stated that the evidence “exposed the accused’s allegiance to ISIS and his role in promoting the outfit’s violent agenda by inspiring and recruiting vulnerable youth.”

The ISIS Operations Carried Out in India Against India

This was the fifth arrest in the investigation, which was launched on June 28. Following thorough searches, the central agency detained four more terrorists on July 3.

  • Tabish Nasser Siddiqui of Thane, Mumbai
  • Zubair Noor Mohammed Shaikh, alias Abu Nusaiba, of Pune
  • Sharjeel Shaikh from Pune
  • Zulfikar Ali Barodawala Pune
  • Sharjeel Shaikh from Pune

The NIA has reliable information that the four defendants and their associates were enlisting young people and instructing them in the creation of weapons and Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs). They also distributed DIY kits and other pertinent supplies among themselves in order to make IEDs, small arms, handguns, and other weaponry.

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Charges Against The Renowned Pune Doctor Adnan Ali Sarkar

Adnan Ali Sarkar is accused of hatching a plot to support the terrorist activities of the Islamic State (IS), also known as the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), Daish, the Islamic State in Khorasan Province (ISKP), the Islamic State Wilayat Khorasan, and the Islamic State of Iraq and Sham Khorasan (ISIS-K).

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