One of the two accused terrorists involved in the Bondi Beach terrorist attack in Sydney on December 14, 2025, Sajid Akram, did not return to his country in India even though his father passed away in India, as confirmed by the Indian police. He was originally from Hyderabad in India. He was shot dead in the terrorist attack.
Background: Hyderabad Roots, Roots Limited Contact
- Indian Origin: Akram, aged 50, is from Hyderabad, where he received his Bachelor of Commerce degree before moving to Australia in November 1998, looking for employment opportunities.
- Minimal Family Ties: The Telangana Police affirmed that Akram kept limited ties with his family members back in India for almost three decades.
- Rare Visits: He had visited his homeland only six times after he moved to foreign lands, and he had also failed to visit when his father passed away.
- Continued Indian Passport: Even though he has been living outside the country for many decades, Akram retains his Indian passport up to the point of the attack.
Family & Radicalization
- No Knowledge of Extremism: Family members in Hyderabad told police that prior to the incident, they knew nothing about Akram or his involvement with any kind of extremism.
- Lack of Link With Radicalisation: Telangana Police said the circumstances underlying radicalisation, involving his son Naveed, aged 24, in the attack, do not have any links or roots either in India or Telangana.
- No Adverse Record: There is evidence of Akram having no criminal or adverse record in India until his move out of India in 1998.
About the Bondi Beach Attack
- Terrorist Incident ; The incident occurred in December at a Hanukkah festival at Bondi Beach and is considered a terrorism incident. According to Australian authorities, it is IS ideology-driven terror.
- Father and Son Pair: Akram and his son allegedly unleashed gunfire at the crowd, killing at least 15 persons and injuring dozens more, till Sajid was shot dead by the police and his son was left critically injured and hospitalised.
- Reuters Ongoing Investigation: The police are investigating the movements of the suspects, including a recent trip to the Philippines, for possible connections to jihadist training. Citizenship, Travel, and International Inquiry Dual Nationality
Citizenship, Travel & International Inquiry
- Dual Nationality Context: Akram retained his citizenship of India; Naveed retained his citizenship by birth in Australia.
- Wider Inquiry: Investigations by Australian and foreign authorities into the travel patterns and possible ideological influences of the two individuals prior to the attack remain ongoing. PBS
The Indian police have also made it clear that Sajid Akram had limited connections to India, and he had failed to return to his homeland despite his father’s death, which proves his distance from his family before the attack in the Bondi Beach terror incident. It has also been made clear by Telangana police that Sajid’s supposed radicalisation is not linked to any Indian influence, and his family is also unaware of any terrorist ideology. Although this is an unfortunate incident that took place thousands of kilometers away in Hyderabad, the government is assisting the central and international authorities. The current concern is trying to establish how the timeline of this accused, Akram, unraveled, and the factors that contributed to the horrible attack that took place.
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