Overview

• ED officials interrogated Mohammad Shariq at Bengaluru’s Parappana Agrahara Central Prison on Tuesday as part of the money-laundering probe.
• ED findings cite deposits of about ₹2,86,008 into mule accounts and ₹41,680 collected in cash from PoS agents.
• Investigators say the funds financed online purchases for an IED, rented hideouts in Mysuru, and reconnaissance across Tamil Nadu, Kerala, and Karnataka.
• An ISIS online handler known as “Colonel” allegedly trained the accused via encrypted apps and arranged financing through cryptocurrencies and mule accounts.
• The ED earlier attached ₹29,176 from accused Syed Yasin’s bank account under PMLA, with the trail including fraudulently opened FINO Payments Bank accounts.