NIA Special Court Convicts Two More Suspects in Lucknow Al-Qaeda Terror Conspiracy Case

Nov 29, 2025 09:05 pm CST

The National Investigation Agency (NIA) special court has convicted two Lucknow residents, Mohd. Mustaqueem and Shakeel, in connection with an Al-Qaeda terror conspiracy case. The conviction follows earlier arrests by the UP Anti-Terrorist Squad of operatives planning attacks before Independence Day 2021. The suspects were part of a recruitment network for Al-Qaeda in the Indian Subcontinent (AQIS) directed from the Pakistan-Afghanistan border region.