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Delhi HC Grants Bail to ISIS-Linked Operative Mohd Shahzad Kamal After 5 Years in Custody
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News18•01-10-2026, 15:13
Delhi HC Grants Bail to ISIS-Linked Operative Mohd Shahzad Kamal After 5 Years in Custody
- •The Delhi High Court granted bail to Mohd Shahzad Kamal, accused in an alleged ISIS-linked terror-funding case, after over five years in custody.
- •Kamal is alleged to have been associated with Harkat-ul-Harb-E-Islam (HuHI), described by the NIA as an ISIS-affiliated outfit.
- •The NIA alleges Kamal conspired to arrange and channel terror funds from Saudi Arabia to support HuHI's activities in India.
- •Kamal was arrested on August 31, 2021, and UAPA charges were framed against him on August 30, 2022.
- •The High Court's bail order addresses only the question of bail and does not decide the merits of the allegations against Kamal.
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The Delhi High Court granted bail to Mohd Shahzad Kamal after he spent more than five years in custody following his arrest in connection with an alleged ISIS-linked terror-funding case under the UAPA.
The National Investigation Agency alleged that Kamal entered into a criminal conspiracy to provide funds for the jihadi activities of Harkat-ul-Harb-E-Islam, an ISIS-affiliated outfit, and transferred money from Saudi Arabia to India between February 2017 and January 2019.
The NIA registered the case under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act on December 20, 2018, against Mohd Mufti Suhail and others in connection with the module, with Kamal later named in a supplementary chargesheet filed on October 26, 2021.
