The CID (Crime Investigation Department) sleuths believe that the IS had been using youth like Musa to open a “sleeper cell” in Bengal. Musa was entrusted with the responsibility to indoctrinate youths. He has already sent some five to six youths for jihadi training in Bangladesh. The plan was to sent around 10 youth for IS training in Syria. While Suleiman was in contact with him regarding the training aspect, it was Yousuf who was providing him the logistic support.“He was tasked with beheading three members of a family in Labhpur, Birbhum to prove his mettle to the IS before he could be given bigger assignments. We have every reasons to believe that he was on a mission to Birbhum. The sharp knife that was recovered from him is similar to those that were used for some recent killings in Bangladesh,” a CID source said.Investigation revealed Musa had made three phone calls while travelling to Labhpur from Howrah station on Monday evening. The calls were made to his father, mother and the third one was meant for Saddam Hossain alias Kalo. Kalo and Sheikh Abbasuddin, alias Amin, were hired by Musa to assist him in the assignment. Saddam was told to come to Labhpur Police Station along with Amin. Both of them were arrested by the CID on July 6, and were produced at Howrah court on July 7 and were remanded to 14 days Police custody. “Musa also had a meeting with Suleman in the port area before travelling to Birbhum where he was instructed on carrying out the operation,” the source said. The sleuths, who had sent his mobile phone for forensic examination, is yet to retrieve the app in his phone with which he kept contact with his associates. Read less...
The terror accused had been absconding for eight years when he was arrested by Andhra Pradesh Police's 'counterintelligence cell' (CIC) in January 2016 . He was later arrested on transfer warrant by Ahmedabad crime branch in the July 2008 serial blasts case. According to officials of the Ahmedabad Crime Branch, Afridi stated during interrogation that Shafi Armar, an IS operative believed to have been killed in Syria during a US drone strike, had later asked him to carry out attacks on Jewish people in Bengaluru.Gujarat Police officials said it is believed that Armar had recruited many youths, including Afridi, to carry out terror attacks for IS as and when directed. The National Investigation Agency (NIA) is probing IS links, said a senior police officer."Afridi had said that Armar, who was in contact with him on social media under the assumed identity of Abdul Rehman Khan, had asked him to make bombs from easily available stuff like matchsticks, nails, screws and bolts," the Police officer said. Police said Afridi, who had faked his identity as Rafik on social media, used 34 different email IDs to stay in touch with Armar. Read less...
Gujarat Police officials said it is believed that Armar had recruited many youths, including Afridi, to carry out terror attacks for IS as and when directed. The National Investigation Agency (NIA) is probing IS links, said a senior police officer."Afridi had said that Armar, who was in contact with him on social media under the assumed identity of Abdul Rehman Khan, had asked him to make bombs from easily available stuff like matchsticks, nails, screws and bolts," the Police officer said. Police said Afridi, who had faked his identity as Rafik on social media, used 34 different email IDs to stay in touch with Armar. Read less...
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...
Suspicious of his activities, Police have mounted a close watch on him and some others from Andhra Pradesh who were not involved in any incident previously but were attending the meeting. Officials of the Subsidiary Intelligence Bureau (SIB), Counter Intelligence (CI), State and Central Intelligence Agencies have alerted NIA and other agencies. Police have suspicions over the agenda of the Patna meeting as participants are expected to discuss the activities of various fundamentalist organisations functioning in different States. Read less...
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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...
Akbaruddin also said that Security Council committees should open up their voting so that those vetoing action against terrorists are made to publicly acknowledge their role. Speaking at a Security Council debate on it working methods, he diplomatically avoided naming China but it was clear his criticism was directed at Beijing that has used the secrecy of the sanctions committee, which is one of the socalled subsidiary bodies of the Council to veto action against Pakistanbased JaisheMohamed (JeM) ‘chief’ Masood Azhar and against Islamabad for freeing LashkareTaiba (LeT) ‘commander’ ZakiurRehman Lakhvi. Read less...
Source:Compiled from news reports and are provisional.