Overview
- Gujarat Police say Dr Ahmed Mohiuddin Syed, Mohd Suhel, and Azad Suleman Saifi planned to extract ricin from castor seeds to contaminate public water in Delhi, Ahmedabad, and Lucknow and to target temple prasad.
- The accused are charged under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act as a joint Gujarat Police–central agencies probe examines network links and the extent of the suspects' capabilities.
- Authorities placed the trio under surveillance after online activity tied them to ISIS propaganda channels, and the ATS recovered castor-bean mash and noted alleged reconnaissance of crowded food markets, according to ThePrint.
- Senior intelligence officials warn ISIS is shifting toward biochemical and psychological methods intended to sow panic, a trend they link to recruitment of technically trained individuals described as 'medical radicalisation.'
- Experts note ricin’s raw material is common and hard to track, and no terror group has conclusively produced pure ricin to date, so investigators are evaluating whether the suspects could actually make a usable toxin.