Youngest convict in Nirbhaya case in touch with radical Islamists, suspects IB

The youngest perpetrator of 2012 Nirbhaya gangrape case is again in the news after the Intelligence Bureau (IB) sent a fresh alert over his suspected jihadi connections.

The accused, now, 21 years-old, was kept in a reform home after being charged as guilty in the Nirbhaya case.

But according to India Today report, the officials noticed that he got close to a Kashmiri inmate who was involved in the 2011 Delhi high court bombing. They both were in the same room for more than a year and the Nirbhaya accused was allegedly indoctrinated by his cellmate urging him to take up the cause of Kashmiris.

The officials in Uttar Pradesh have been told to keep a close eye on his movements.  

On Wednesday, five youths were arrested and six others including a techie were detained by NIA which claimed to have busted a "terror module" that is suspected to be linked to the Islamic State (IS) group after conducting searches at different locations in the old city in Hyderabad. Some graduates were among those detained after the searches, the agency said.

The NIA sleuths also recovered weapons, ammunition, urea, acid, some chemicals, electronic gadgets and other incriminating material besides Rs 15 lakh in cash from their possession, officials of National Investigation Agency (NIA) and Hyderabad Police said, adding the youths were working at the behest of IS handlers.