New Delhi, May 20 (PTI) A special NIA court Friday convicted five people of involvement in a conspiracy to establish an ISIS base in India and to carry out terror activities in Delhi-NCR and Haridwar during the Ardh Kumbh festival.

The case was initially registered in January 2016 in New Delhi and re-registered by the NIA in March, 2016.

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It pertains to a larger criminal conspiracy hatched by the ISIS to establish its base in India and to carry out terrorist activities in Delhi/NCR and in Haridwar during the Ardh Kumbh festival, the spokesperson said.

The five -- Akhlakur Rehman, Mohammad Azeemushan, Mohammed Osama, Mohammad Meraj, all four of Haridwar, and Mohsin Ibrahim Sayyed of Mumbai -- have been convicted under sections of the IPC, the UA(P)A and the Explosive Substances Act by the NIA special court, Patiala House, an official spokesperson said.

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After completion of investigation, the NIA filed a charge-sheet in July, 2016 against six accused, including absconding Shafi Armar, the NIA spokesperson said, adding that the quantum of punishment will be announced on May 30.

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