Archive · 5 Dec 2025
NIA Probes ISIS Terrorist's Luxury Treatment in Bengaluru Jail
A man named Zuhab Hameed Shakeel Manna, who is in jail for helping a terror group called ISIS, was seen in a video using a smartphone and watching TV.
This happened in a big jail in Bengaluru, India.
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) is now looking into how he got these things and who helped him.
The government is also very concerned and is having meetings to find out what went wrong.
Some people think this could be linked to other serious crimes, like bomb blasts in Delhi.
The jail staff might be in trouble for not following the rules.
NIA investigating suspected ISIS terrorist Zuhab Hameed Shakeel Manna's access to a smartphone and luxury in Bengaluru Central Jail.
Viral video shows Manna using a phone and watching TV, raising concerns about prison security.
Manna was arrested in Dubai in 2020, extradited to India in 2023, and faces charges of funding ISIS and radicalizing youth.
Karnataka government convening a meeting with prison officials to address security lapses.
BJP protests and demands deeper investigation, suggesting possible links to Delhi blasts.
- Who
- Zuhab Hameed Shakeel Manna, a suspected ISIS terrorist
- What
- NIA investigating luxury treatment and mobile phone use in jail
- When
- NIA visited the jail in November 2023, second visit confirmed
- Where
- Bengaluru Central Prison, Karnataka, India
- Why
- To investigate security lapses and potential terror links
- Suspect
- Zuhab Hameed Shakeel Manna
- Charges
- Funding ISIS, radicalizing youth
- Arrest Location
- Dubai (2020)
- Extradition Year
- 2023
- Investigating Agency
- National Investigation Agency (NIA)
- Prison Location
- Bengaluru Central Prison
- Prison Name
- Parappana Agrahara Central Jail
- Video Content
- Suspect using smartphone, watching TV