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International Business Times UK
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Penuel Joseph Ares

Doctor Charged in ISIS-Linked 'Bio-Terror' Plot To Carry Out Mass Poisoning in India in Public Spaces

NIA charges Hyderabad doctor and two others over alleged ISIS-linked ricin plot amid ongoing court scrutiny (Credit: National Investigation Agency/Wikimedia Commons)

India's counter-terror agency has accused a Hyderabad doctor and two men from Uttar Pradesh of plotting an ISIS-linked 'bio-terror' attack using the deadly toxin ricin to carry out mass poisoning in public spaces, according to a chargesheet filed before a special court in Ahmedabad.

India's National Investigation Agency (NIA) has filed the chargesheet against Hyderabad-based doctor Syed Ahmed Mohiuddin, an MBBS graduate, and Azad and Mohammad Suhel, both from Uttar Pradesh, alleging they conspired with ISIS-linked handlers abroad to prepare and use ricin.

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