Overview
- ATS teams searched the Rajendranagar flat on Tuesday and Wednesday as Cyberabad police observed, seizing unidentified chemicals and other material for forensic examination.
- The case dates to the November 8 arrests of Dr Ahmed Mohiyuddin Saiyed and two men from Uttar Pradesh under UAPA and other laws after a car stop yielded two Glock pistols, a Beretta, 30 rounds and nearly four litres of castor oil.
- Questioning indicates the accused had not isolated ricin or settled on a delivery method, and officers say no radicalisation literature has been found so far.
- Investigators cite procurement records and digital trails, including search and ChatGPT queries, as evidence suggesting preparatory activity.
- Police are probing an alleged ISKP-linked handler named Abu Khadija and reported reconnaissance of sites in Lucknow, Delhi and Ahmedabad, while families of the accused dispute the allegations.