The Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) now suspects that the four arrested Parbhani-based IS sympathisers may have destroyed some explosives, as the quantity seized from one of the accused does not seem sufficient to carry out their plan to target two police establishments and a senior police officer.

The ATS has arrested Naser Chaus, Shahid Khan, Iqbal Ahmed Kabir Ahmed and Mohammed Raisuddin under relevant sections of Unlawful Activities Prevention Act and the Indian Penal Code. Later, the ATS further invoked sections of Explosives Act after an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) was found from Chaus's relative's home.