Overview
- The Gujarat Anti-Terrorism Squad arrested five men who were remanded to ATS custody, bringing the total number of people held in the case to 13 and prompting further interrogations and searches.
- The five were detained from Khadiyal village in Patan district and identified by name, with a court granting the ATS custody to continue questioning and recover evidence.
- ATS officials told courts investigators uncovered repeated experiments with crude explosive devices and said one accused tried to assemble a time bomb while materials and Urdu JeM literature remain to be recovered.
- Electronic devices and other seized items have been sent for forensic examination and some media outlets reported possible communications with Pakistan-based JeM handlers, a claim that remains part of the active probe.
- The case, registered under anti-terror laws, links some suspects to local madrasas and alleges recruitment, translation and distribution of jihadi material; authorities say further arrests and forensic leads are possible and the investigation is continuing.