Archive · 20 Sep 2025
Ranchi Man Arrested for ISIS Bomb Plot
In Ranchi, a man was making bombs in a hotel room for ISIS.
He was radicalized and received instructions from an online handler.
He recruited others and planned attacks on leaders and religious sites.
Police found bomb-making materials and weapons.
The group was stopped before they could carry out their plans.
The explosives were tested near a river.
Ashhar Danish was arrested for making bombs and recruiting for ISIS.
Police found bomb-making materials, including potassium nitrate.
The group planned to target senior BJP leaders and religious sites.
Danish was radicalized via social media and received instructions online.
Other members of the cell have been identified.
- Who
- Ashhar Danish and other members of an ISIS cell
- What
- Danish was making bombs and recruiting members for ISIS.
- When
- Arrests made last week.
- Where
- A room in Tabarak Lodge in Ranchi, India.
- Why
- Danish was recruited and radicalized to make bombs and recruit others for terrorist activities.
- Location
- Ranchi, India
- Accused
- Ashhar Danish, Sufian Khan, Mohammad Huzaif Yaman, Kamran Qureshi
- Charges
- Bomb-making, recruitment, terrorism
- Materials Recovered
- Gunpowder, potassium nitrate, homemade weapons, explosives
- Recruitment Method
- Social media, Signal app
- Target
- Senior BJP leaders, religious sites