UAPA Terror Case: NIA Court Sends US Citizen, 6 Ukrainians To 30-Day Judicial Custody

A special NIA court in Delhi has remanded seven foreign nationals — six Ukrainians and one US citizen — to 30 days’ judicial custody until May 6 in a terror case under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA). The accused, including US citizen Matthew Aaron Van Dyke and six Ukrainians — Hurba Petro, Slyviak Taras, Ivan Sukmanovskyi, Stefankiv Marian, Honcharuk Maksim, and Kaminskyi Viktor — were produced before the court after completing 10 days in NIA custody. Van Dyke has requested a virtual meeting with his family, while his lawyers have sought permission for a legal consultation, with the court asking for NIA’s response. The agency alleges the accused supported proscribed Indian insurgent groups by supplying weapons, training, and terrorist hardware, with links to ethnic armed groups in Myanmar. The case is registered under Section 18 of UAPA and provisions of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita.