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NIA charges 8 alleged ISIS terrorists with luring Muslim youths

Source:PTI  -  Edited By: Senjo M R
January 28, 2022 22:47 IST

The National Investigation Agency has filed a chargesheet against eight alleged ISIS terrorists for their involvement in radicalising, recruiting, organising terror funds and grooming gullible Muslim youth through different secured social media platforms to join the global terrorist organisation, an official said on Friday.

IMAGE: Security personnel stand guard as National Investigation Agency carrying out raids in connection with 'ISIS-Voice of Hind' case and the 'Bathindi IED recovery' case, in Anantnag, October 10, 2021. Photograph: ANI Photo

Deepthi Marla, Mohammad Waqar Lone, Mizha Siddeeque, Shifa Haris, Obaid Hamid Matta, Madesh Shankar, Ammar Abdul Rahiman and Muzamil Hassan Bhat have been named in the chargesheet, the official of the premier investigation agency said.

 

The NIA registered the case in March last year over terrorist activities of an accused, Mohammed Ameen of Kerala, and his associates, who were running various ISIS propaganda channels on different social media platforms such as Telegram, Hoop and Instagram for propagating the violent jihadist ideology of the ISIS and radicalising and recruiting new members for the ISIS module, the official said.

Earlier, the NIA filed a chargesheet against three accused in the case in September last year.

All the eight accused chargesheeted on Friday are affiliated with the banned terrorist organisation ISIS and were involved in radicalising, recruiting, organising terror funds and grooming like-minded gullible Muslim youth through different secured social media platforms to perform Hijrat (migration) to ISIS-controlled territory for joining ISIS, the official said, adding further investigation in the case continues.

Source: PTI  -  Edited By: Senjo M R
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