Overview
- The Delhi NIA court, which ruled Monday, ordered 30 days of judicial custody until May 6 in a case under UAPA Section 18 for terror conspiracy and the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita.
- The NIA named U.S. citizen Matthew Aaron Van Dyke and six Ukrainians, who were arrested across Delhi, Lucknow and Kolkata.
- Investigators allege some of the Ukrainians entered on tourist visas, went via Guwahati into Mizoram without special-area permits, then crossed illegally into Myanmar.
- The agency says they planned training for Myanmar ethnic armed groups in drone warfare, including operation, assembly and jamming, and the court noted suspected links to proscribed Indian insurgents.
- Next steps include an April 8 hearing on Van Dyke’s requests for family and legal access, as Ukraine’s Foreign Ministry says its diplomats were barred from recent closed hearings and denied consular access since March.