pramesh S Jain.Yogesh K Porwar
NIA along with state police units conducted simultaneous searches at 05 locations (03-Kashmir, 01-Bengaluru and 01 Mangalore) in connection with investigation of NIA Suo motto case.
The National Investigation Agency on Wednesday arrested four people as it conducted simultaneous searches in Jammu and Kashmir and Karnataka in connection with terror activities of a group propagating the violent ideology of the ISIS, an official said.
An NIA spokesperson said the searches were carried out along with local police units at five locations three in Kashmir and one each in Bengaluru and Mangalore.
Today, searches were conducted at the premises of accused/suspects who were continuously in touch with Mohammed Ameen and his associates through various groups/channels on encrypted chat platforms and had raised funds for furtherance of activities of ISIS. During searches, several digital devices including Laptops, Mobile phones, Hard Disk Drives, Pen Drives, multiple SIM cards of different service providers and incriminating documents were seized.
The arrested accused have been identified as Obaid Hamid of Srinagar,Muzammil Hassan Bhat of Bandipora;Ammar Abdul Rahman of Mangalore and Shankar Venkatesh Perumal of Bengaluru, he said.
The case pertains to terrorist activities of a group led by one Mohammed Ameen of Kerala, the official said.
He said three people Ameen and his associates Mushab Anuvar and Rahees Rashid were arrested in March after preliminary examination.
During investigation, it has been revealed that after the decline of ISIS Caliphate in Syria/Iraq, Mohd. Ameen had visited Kashmir in March, 2020 for Hijrah (Religious migration) and for engaging in terrorist acts and had also raised funds in association with Kashmir based accused Mohammad Waqar Lone @ Wilson Kashmiri and his associates.
As part of conspiracy, funds were also transferred to Mohd. Waqar Lone by accused in the case through banking channels and digital payment methods on the directions of Mohd. Ameen. Mohd. Ameen and his associates were also radicalizing gullible Muslim youths for joining Jihad and unlawful activities in India and had been successful in expanding the network in Kashmir and part of Kerala and Karnataka.
The group has been running various ISIS propaganda channels on different social media platforms such as Telegram,Hoop and Instagram for propagating the violent Jihadi ideology, and radicalising and recruiting new members to the terror module, the NIA official said.
