Meanwhile, National Investigation Agency (NIA) has registered three cases in connection with the terror strike at Pathankot IAF base. The first case pertains to Salwinder Singh's abduction and the second for the killing of the taxi driver. Both the cases were registered at Narot Jaimal Singh Police Station in Pathankot District. The third and the main case, registered at Police Station Division No. 2 Pathankot, relates to the terrorist attack on the Air Force Station.
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The NIA, which has arrested 34 IS recruits till now, is also studying recent speeches of controversial preachers whose names have figured during interrogation of the arrested people. Apart from Naik, other known names whose speeches have figured in the interrogation of terrorists include UKbased Anjem Choudhury, Delhibased Abdus Sami Qasmi, Bengalurubased Maulana Anzar Shah Qasmi and young propagandist Mehdi Biswas, also from Bengaluru. Sami Qasmi and Anzar Shah Qasmi have been arrested.According to sources, Delhi Police had recovered Naik's speeches from the laptops of IM terrorists after the Batla House encounter. In fact, IM's Pakistan based operatives Riyaz and Iqbal Bhatkal are believed to have listened to Naik's speeches. "The jihadi literature recovered from Indian Mujahideen, AQIS and IS members in the last 910 years had speeches of various Islamic clerics," a top counterterror official said. Read less...
According to sources, Delhi Police had recovered Naik's speeches from the laptops of IM terrorists after the Batla House encounter. In fact, IM's Pakistan based operatives Riyaz and Iqbal Bhatkal are believed to have listened to Naik's speeches. "The jihadi literature recovered from Indian Mujahideen, AQIS and IS members in the last 910 years had speeches of various Islamic clerics," a top counterterror official said. Read less...
Security agencies have stumbled upon a large amount of money transacted into the bank account of Mohammad Tausif Amhed, Popular Front of India (PFI) activist from Qatar and some other Arab nations which they believe might be hawala (illegal money transaction) money being pushed into Bihar for helping antinationals, The Times of India reports on July 20. Tausif, was arrested on July 15 for raising proPakistan slogans here. "Initial investigations suggest that Tausif has links with terror group Indian Mujahideen," said an official, adding that National Investigation Agency (NIA) sleuths reached Bihar on July 20 to interrogate the arrested PFI activist. A senior NIA official said PFI is another face of banned outfit Students Islamic Movement of India (SIMI). Read less...