Saquib Nachan, ex-head of ISIS-linked group, dies in Delhi hospital

Saquib Nachan, a former office-bearer of the banned Students Islamic Movement of India (SIMI), died in a Delhi hospital on Saturday, days after suffering a brain haemorrhage, an official said.

Nachan, a resident of the Padgha area in Maharashtra's Thane district, had been admitted to a private hospital in the national capital for the last four days, the official said.

In 2023, the National Investigation Agency (NIA) had carried out searches at Padgha as part of a nationwide crackdown on the terror outfit ISIS and arrested several persons, including Nachan.


The ex-SIMI office-bearer, who was lodged in the Tihar prison, was taken to the hospital on Tuesday (June 24) after his health deteriorated, the official said.

Doctors later confirmed that he had suffered a brain haemorrhage, he said.

His condition worsened on Saturday, and he died at 12.10 pm, the official said.

His body will be handed over to his family after post-mortem, and his last rites will be performed on Sunday at Borivali village near Padgha," he said. PTI