The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on December 5, charge-sheeted five persons suspectedly associated with the Islamic State of Khorasan Province (ISKP), a proscribed Afghan terrorist organization, reports The Hindu. Among those arraigned in the chargesheet are Ubaid Nasir Mir, Hanan Hayat Shawl, Mohammed Hazim Shah, Sumera Banu, and Zubair. They suspectedly had plans to go to Afghanistan illegally via Iran from Porbandar, Gujarat, for training and to carry out terrorist acts there. However, they were arrested by Gujarat’s Anti-Terror Squad (ATS), which found that the five were actively involved with the ISKP. NIA had taken over the case on June 28, 2023, on the Union Ministry of Home Affairs (UMHA) directive.