publish time

31/01/2016

author name Arab Times

publish time

31/01/2016

NEW DELHI, Jan 30, (AFP): Indian counter-terror police have arrested three alleged Islamist radicals suspected of conspiring to stage an attack on India, after they were deported from the United Arab Emirates, an offi cial said Friday.

The three Indian nationals were arrested on arrival at New Delhi airport from Abu Dhabi by investigators from the National Investigation Agency (NIA), a federal police unit that probes terror offences. “The NIA has registered a case against Sheikh Azhar Al Islam, Mohammad Farhan and Adnan Hussain,” an NIA offi cial told AFP on condition of anonymity.