Saquib Nachan, head of the so-called Islamic State’s (ISIS) India operations and former office-bearer of the banned Students Islamic Movement of India (SIMI), died in Delhi’s Safdarjung Hospital Saturday, June 28, afternoon after suffering a brain haemorrhage. He was 57.
Nachan had been in judicial custody at Tihar Jail since 2023 following his arrest by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) in connection with an alleged ISIS terror module spanning Delhi and Maharashtra’s Padgha region. He was hospitalised on Tuesday after his health deteriorated in custody.
Doctors confirmed a brain haemorrhage shortly after admission. He remained under medical observation for four days before his condition worsened this morning. He was pronounced dead at 12:10 pm, according to hospital officials.
