India, June 27 -- A special National Investigation Agency (NIA) court on Thursday framed charges against all six accused in the 2023 Maharashtra ISIS module case, setting the stage for the commencement of the trial after rejecting a last-minute attempt by one of the accused to defer the proceedings.

Special judge Chakor S Baviskar framed charges against Tabish Nasser Siddiqui, Zulfikar Ali Barodawala, Zubair Noor Mohammad Shaikh, Sharjeel Shaikh, Adnanali Sarkar and Aakif Ateeque Nachan on charges of criminal conspiracy and offences under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act. The charges were read to the accused, who pleaded not guilty.

The case stemmed from the NIA's June 2023 investigation on receiving intelligence inputs that the...