India, Nov. 8 -- A Pune-based anaesthetist accused of being part of an ISIS recruitment and radicalisation network was sentenced to six years' rigorous imprisonment by a special National Investigation Agency (NIA) court on Saturday after pleading guilty to conspiring to further the activities of the banned terror outfit.

Dr Adnan Ali Sarkar, 46, who was arrested in July 2023, admitted to conspiring to recruit youth, propagate ISIS ideology and plan terror activities in India. Special judge Abhay A Joglekar convicted him after satisfying himself that his guilty plea was voluntary and unequivocal.

Sarkar, who holds an MBBS and an MD in anaesthesiology from BJ Medical College, Pune, had initially pleaded not guilty when charges were framed...