<p>The special court on Sunday remanded the sixth terror suspect arrested in <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/mumbai/mumbai-crime-news/article/mumbai-man-posts-girls-private-photos-online-held-23302163" target="_blank" rel="none noopener">ISIS Maharashtra module case</a> in NIA custody for eight days.</p>
<p>The NIA apprehended <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/mumbai/mumbai-crime-news/article/mumbai-couple-booked-for-cheating-home-buyers-with-false-flat-promises-23301459" target="_blank" rel="none noopener">Aakif Nachan</a> on Saturday from his residence in Bhiwandi for his alleged involvement in fabrication and testing of improvised explosive devices (IEDs).</p>
<p>The NIA told the court that Zulfikar Bordewala, who had been arrested previously in the case, had revealed Nachan&rsquo;s name. The duo was in constant touch with each other, they said.</p>
<p>&ldquo;The NIA raided his house and seized his phone. The accused used VPN for interacting, passing information to the co-accused and those on the NIA&rsquo;s radar. He has been trained by an active terrorist organisation just like the other co-accused,&rdquo; the prosecutor told the court, adding that they need to investigate the VPN angle and also if he went out of India for any terror outfit.</p>
<p>He also needs to be questioned along with the others arrested so far, they said. Nachan&rsquo;s lawyer Tahira Querishi said that he was produced before the court 33 hours after his apprehension. &ldquo;Moreover, what did the NIA do for 20 days after Bordewala revealed his name?&rdquo; she asked.</p>
<p>He argued that to investigate the role of VPN, the agency did not need the custody of Nachan, as they already had his phone.</p>
<p>&ldquo;My client (Nachan), Bordewala and another accused Sharjeel Shaikh reside in the same village. Apart from that, my client denies any connection with the co-accused,&rdquo; Querishi said.</p>
<p>He demanded judicial custody for him, but the court sent him to the NIA&rsquo;s remand. According to the agency, Nachan had facilitated the stay for Imran and Yunus at a house in Kondhwa, Pune. The accused organised and participated in bomb-making workshops in Kondhwa in 2022 and had also conducted a controlled IED explosion at this location, they claimed.</p><p>
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