NEW DELHI, Feb 25: A special court in Lucknow convicted eight suspected ISIS operatives in a terror conspiracy case, an official of the National Investigation Agency (NIA) said today, adding their conviction was a “big shot” in the arm of the agency in its nationwide crackdown on members of the global terror group.
The quantum of punishment will be pronounced by the special NIA court on Monday, a spokesperson of the federal agency said.
The convicts were also involved in an explosion on board the Bhopal-Ujjain passenger train on March 7, 2017, which hed left 10 people injured. The train explosion case is currently under trial, the spokesperson said.
The eight convicts were arrested in 2017 in the “Kanpur conspiracy” case pertaining to planning of terror acts. The case was registered under various sections of the Indian Penal Code, Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, Arms Act and the Explosive Substances Act.
The case was initially registered on March 8 at ATS Police Station in Lucknow and re-registered by NIA six days later.
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