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New Delhi: An Afghan businessman is believed to be allegedly indoctrinating youth from Maharashtra to join Islamic State (IS), claims National Investigation Agency (NIA) which has sent its first judicial requests in the case to Afghanistan seeking de
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New Delhi: An Afghan businessman is believed to be allegedly indoctrinating youth from Maharashtra to join Islamic State (IS), claims National Investigation Agency (NIA) which has sent its first judicial requests in the case to Afghanistan seeking details of the person, Khaleej Times reports on May 4. The Afghan national, whose name has been withheld, was running business of dry fruits in India and allegedly approached the four young men from Kalyan area neighbouring Mumbai and incited them to join ranks of IS terror group, official sources said. However, the man had mysteriously disappeared. The port of exit of the Afghan national was found out to be from Delhi in December, 2014 sources said. The NIA request to the Afghan government includes verification of his address, his complete bank account details, associates in that country and the Gulf and call data records, they said.
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May - 4 
An engineering student from Hyderabad, identified Haneef Waseem, 25 who had gone to join the Islamic State (IS), has died in the fighting in Syria on March 15, 2015 revealed the intelligence sources, according to NDTV. Haneef had fled to Syria from L
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An engineering student from Hyderabad, identified Haneef Waseem, 25 who had gone to join the Islamic State (IS), has died in the fighting in Syria on March 15, 2015 revealed the intelligence sources, according to NDTV. Haneef had fled to Syria from London, where he had gone in November 2014 for studies. Waseem was studying for a master's degree in engineering in London. While in London, he got influenced by the IS. He hailed from Mancherial in Adilabad District of Telangana. He had visited home for the last time in February, 2015 to attend his sister's wedding. Police is also suspecting that Waseem took another young man from Karimnagar with him. A search is on for him.
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A special National Investigation Agency (NIA) court on May 5 rejected the bail application of suspected Islamic State (IS) 'operative' Areeb Majeed, reports The Times of India. Majeed's lawyer Wahab Khan had moved the application in March. Earlier th
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A special National Investigation Agency (NIA) court on May 5 rejected the bail application of suspected Islamic State (IS) 'operative' Areeb Majeed, reports The Times of India. Majeed's lawyer Wahab Khan had moved the application in March. Earlier this year, the court had granted the NIA an extension of 30 days to file a charge sheet as the 90-day period was up on February 26, 2015. Majeed was arrested on November 28, 2014 and has been in Arthur Road jail in Mumbai (Maharashtra) since December 17, 2014.
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Fourteen (14) students, who were en route to Syria and Iraq to join Islamic State (IS), were stopped at Hyderabad airport, Zee News reports on May 6. The state as well as central intelligence agencies started verification of students with suspicious
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Fourteen (14) students, who were en route to Syria and Iraq to join Islamic State (IS), were stopped at Hyderabad airport, Zee News reports on May 6. The state as well as central intelligence agencies started verification of students with suspicious links after an engineering student, Mohammed Atif Waseem from Hyderabad, who joined IS, died fighting in Syria. The Intelligence Bureau (IB) has launched 'Operation Chakravyuh' to counsel the youth who try to get recruited in the terror group IS. They remain under constant vigil. Police believe that a youth from Karimnagar District in Telangana was also accompanying Waseem to Syria. Intelligence agencies are trying to gather information about the youth.
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May - 7 
A recent study by the USA based consortium Study of Terrorism and Responses to Terrorism (START) entitled "The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant: Branding, Leadership Culture and Lethal Attraction" noted that the IS is unlike al Qaeda and its affi
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A recent study by the USA based consortium Study of Terrorism and Responses to Terrorism (START) entitled "The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant: Branding, Leadership Culture and Lethal Attraction" noted that the IS is unlike al Qaeda and its affiliates. The study has also sought to understand the IS as any organisation in an industry, in this case, the jihad industry. Interestingly, it states that the IS has "adopted several best practices of other industries". The study compares the IS to the Nigeria based terror outfit Boko Haram (BH). It notes that unlike the BH, which destroys telecommunications and power installations to stun and paralyse security forces, the IS, on the other hand makes "strong efforts to control critical infrastructure". The study goes on to reason that this makes the organisation a service provider and has helped in "garnering local civilian support and the support of the local elite."
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The Union Ministry of Home Affairs (UMHA) has written to the Madhya Pradesh government proposing a probe by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) into the Islamic State (IS)-linked module arrested on April 15 in Ratlam, The Times of India reports o
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The Union Ministry of Home Affairs (UMHA) has written to the Madhya Pradesh government proposing a probe by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) into the Islamic State (IS)-linked module arrested on April 15 in Ratlam, The Times of India reports on May 8. "We have asked Madhya Pradesh if it has any objections to handing over the case to NIA, given its international linkages. Once the state authorities give their clearance, a formal notification transferring the case to the NIA will be issued," a senior UMHA officer stated.
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Though it is close to five months since Bengaluru Police (Karnataka) arrested Mehdi Masroor Biswas, for allegedly tweeting on behalf of the dreaded terror network Islamic State (IS), they have not been able to file the charge-sheet because of various
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Though it is close to five months since Bengaluru Police (Karnataka) arrested Mehdi Masroor Biswas, for allegedly tweeting on behalf of the dreaded terror network Islamic State (IS), they have not been able to file the charge-sheet because of various issues, reports India Today on May 9. According to the report, a fresh hurdle has come in the way of the police in prosecuting Mehdi because the approval from Union Ministry of Home Affairs (UMHA) is pending. Bengaluru Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) (Crime) P. Ramesh said that "MHA's approval is mandatory for the prosecution of the accused in such cases. Once we receive it, we will file the chargesheet against Mehdi." Mehdi faces serious charges, as he has been booked under Indian Penal Code (IPC) Section 125 (Waging war against the government of any Asiatic power in alliance with the Government of India) and Sections 18 and 39 of Unlawful Activities [Prevention] Act (UAPA), for supporting the actions of IS in Syria and Iraq. He was arrested from his home in Bengaluru on December 13, 2014, after the British media blew his cover exposing him as the person handling the Twitter handle @ShamiWitness to carry out a pro-ISIS campaign.
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May - 14 
All the 39 Indians held hostage in Iraq by Islamic State (IS) militants for nearly a year External Affairs Minister are ‘alive’, External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj stated on May 14, reports Free Press Journal. The government was making all since
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All the 39 Indians held hostage in Iraq by Islamic State (IS) militants for nearly a year External Affairs Minister are ‘alive’, External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj stated on May 14, reports Free Press Journal. The government was making all sincere efforts for the safe and early release of the Indian workers, she said. “Earlier we had six sources we told us that the Indians are alive. Now we have two more sources to corroborate the same. Out of these two, one is so solidly reliable that there is no question of not believing. They have very clearly said that all the 39 Indian are alive”, Swaraj said after meeting the families of the hostages. The ministry said Swaraj had earlier personally spoken to her counterpart Foreign Ministers in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) as well as other friendly countries in the region for their assistance in the safe release of Indians in captivity.
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May - 18 
A Twitter account suspected to be operated by one of the four Kalyan (Maharashtra) youths who fled to Middle East last year to fight with Islamic State (IS) has been suspended by the social networking site, after the Indian security agencies’ request
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A Twitter account suspected to be operated by one of the four Kalyan (Maharashtra) youths who fled to Middle East last year to fight with Islamic State (IS) has been suspended by the social networking site, after the Indian security agencies’ request earlier this month, reports The Indian Express on May 19. Last month, the pro-IS Twitter handle, ‘@Magnetgas17’ had in a post threatened to kill “all adult males in India, if they fail to accept Islam”, prompting security agencies to write to Twitter authorities. “The post of 23rd April, for the first time, targeted Indians. We decided to take up the issue and get the account suspended,” a senior security officer said.
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May - 18 
Three-member team of National Investigation Agency (NIA) that had gone to Bangladesh to hold talks with the Bangladesh Metropolitan Police (BMP) have been promised all help by the Bangladeshi counterparts in nabbing at least four accused in October 2
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Three-member team of National Investigation Agency (NIA) that had gone to Bangladesh to hold talks with the Bangladesh Metropolitan Police (BMP) have been promised all help by the Bangladeshi counterparts in nabbing at least four accused in October 2, 2014 Burdwan blast (West Bengal) who are said to be hiding there, reports The Times of India on May 19. The NIA fresh impetus comes after reports that a Bangladeshi had supplied bombs at Ketugram in Burdwan District before the municipal elections in West Bengal. According to NIA sources, they have submitted details of the accused through the Memorandum of Legal Agreement Treaty (MLAT). Accordingly, the BMP is to collect details of the nationality of wanted men like Talha Sheikh and Sheikh Suman and submit it to the Indian Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) through their Bangladeshi office. The NIA officials said that their arrest will not only make their subsequent Burdwan blast case stronger but also explain how the entire operations across six Districts were sponsored from Bangladesh. NIA sources also said that they are looking at greater coordination to access the rise of the international terror groups like the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) and al-Qaeda in the region and whether they are carrying out any successful recruitment from this area.
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May - 20 
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on May 20 filed a charge sheet before a Mumbai (Maharashtra) court against four Kalyan youths, Areeb Majeed and his accomplices, Saheem Tanki, Fahad Shaikh and Aman Tandel, who have allegedly joined Islamic Sta
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The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on May 20 filed a charge sheet before a Mumbai (Maharashtra) court against four Kalyan youths, Areeb Majeed and his accomplices, Saheem Tanki, Fahad Shaikh and Aman Tandel, who have allegedly joined Islamic State (IS), under various provisions of the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA) and the Indian Penal Code (IPC), reports The Hindu. The NIA charge sheet revealed that prime accused Areeb Majeed (lodged in Mumbai Central Prison) and his three fugitive friends fought for the international terror outfit as “fidayeen” (suicide bombers) after they were trained in the handling of weapons and explosives. The charge sheet said that using Ziyarat (pilgrimage) visas, four youths left for Iraq on May 25, 2014, as part of a group. After joining the outfit, the four accused were rechristened as Abu Ali Al Hindi, Abu Uthman Al Hindi, Abu Bakr Al Hindi and Abu Umar Al Hindi. They then underwent training in the use of arms, explosives and battlefield tactics, following which they were inducted as suicide bombers. Subsequently, Areeb Majeed participated in several battles against the Syrian and Iraqi forces. He sustained bullet injuries on two occasions and was once seriously hurt in a United States (US)-led air bombing. He purportedly told the NIA that after he was seriously injured last October, he decided to return “for spreading jihad in India.” However, the NIA charge sheet has not made any mention of people involved in recruiting the youths in India or those who helped them reach Iraq knowing that they were going to join IS, reports The Times of India. Sources said while the agency has identified such people, it has as yet not found any evidence to link them to the case. Areeb Majeed allegedly disclosed that while in India, about two years ago he came in contact with the IS sympathisers and members through social networking websites. In desperation, he contacted people from various countries, including Australia, Turkey, Saudi Arabia, Iraq and the United States, all of whom asked him to first reach Turkey.
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May - 20 
The National Investigation Agency (NIA), in its charge sheet filed against Islamic State (IS) recruit Kalyan (Maharashtra) youth Areeb Majeed on May 20 said that the terrorist outfit with help from some other terror organisations planned to recruit f
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The National Investigation Agency (NIA), in its charge sheet filed against Islamic State (IS) recruit Kalyan (Maharashtra) youth Areeb Majeed on May 20 said that the terrorist outfit with help from some other terror organisations planned to recruit from India and among non-resident Indians (NRIs) to carry out attacks not just in Iraq and Syria but also in India and other countries, reports The Times of India on May 22. It has also hinted that the self-appointed Caliphate may have developed links with anti-India terror outfits. The NIA’s 8,000 page charge sheet, while detailing how the four Kalyan youths travelled to Iraq on the pretext of pilgrimage and then disappeared to join IS in Syria, said "After joining ISIS, all four persons underwent the basic training for handling of weapons and fire arms and were actively involved in terrorist acts in Iraq and Syria. The input received further indicated that ISIS, in conspiracy with certain other terrorist organisations, was keen not only on resident Indian citizens joining the outfit but was also trying to recruit non-resident Indians settled abroad for participating in the so-called holy Jihad not only in Iraq and Syria but also in India and other countries." It is for the first time an Indian security agency openly admitting that IS has plans to attack India. Until now both the Government, including Union Minister of Home Affairs Rajnath Singh and intelligence agencies played down the threat from IS saying India was not on its immediate target and that there was no traction for its ideology in the country.
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May - 22 
After Union Ministry of Home Affairs (UMHA) approved its request to prosecute Mehdi Masroor Biswas, a suspected pro- Islamic State (IS) Twitter account handler, the Bengaluru Police (Karnataka) are ready to file a 28,000-page charge sheet before the
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After Union Ministry of Home Affairs (UMHA) approved its request to prosecute Mehdi Masroor Biswas, a suspected pro- Islamic State (IS) Twitter account handler, the Bengaluru Police (Karnataka) are ready to file a 28,000-page charge sheet before the designated court next week, reports The Times of India on May 23. A source in the Bengaluru Police said that "We have finally received the MHA's approval. Now, we will file the chargesheet against him next week. We have built a solid case. We had to prove how he conspired and helped the IS. Consequently, the chargesheet is one of the longest in recent times." Mehdi Masroor Biswas, who was arrested on December 13, 2014 from his residence in Jalahalli in north Bengaluru, is facing multiple charges, primary among them being identifying himself with the IS and motivating youths, especially British nationals, to join network in its jihad, using his Twitter handles. Biswas had used his Twitter handle @ShamiWitness to praise the IS work in the West Asian region and also to allegedly indoctrinate youths into the militant organisation's ideology. Police analysed his 124,000 tweets. Of these, 15,000 tweets were directly in connection with the IS - defending their actions; praising their work (including the shocking beheadings); inspiring youth to spread the IS ideology and join the IS war in the West Asian region as jihadists voluntarily. Prior to this, he had tweeted on behalf of the IS under a different handle @ElSaltador. Report also said that an additional chargesheet is also being filed after the Police found out that Biswas had appreciated the militant activities of the terrorists in Jammu and Kashmir (J&K). He had defended the Kashmiri militants as freedom fighters and glorified them as martyrs. He had described Kashmir as Indian Occupied Kashmir and India as the aggressor in his tweets and direct messages to his followers.
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May - 22 
Maharashtra Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) on May said that they have no information about any 55-year-old man from Mumbai having died in Syria while fighting for banned outfit Islamic States (IS), reports The Times of India. ATS source added that the T
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Maharashtra Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) on May said that they have no information about any 55-year-old man from Mumbai having died in Syria while fighting for banned outfit Islamic States (IS), reports The Times of India. ATS source added that the Twitter account which shared this information could be operated by a wanted youth from Kalyan, Fahad Shaikh. Earlier, a tweet from the account said “A 55 year old mujahid from Mumbai killed in Wilayat al khair, syria. May ALLAH accept him.#Indianmujahideen”. According to ATS sources, only four youths from Kalyan are known to have joined the IS in the Middle East. "There is no information about any 55-year-old from Mumbai. We spoke to other security agencies who have no information either," said the source. Police also said it is possible that some Indian working in the Middle East joined the outfit and died. "But we have no confirmation on that," the official said.
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May - 26 
Union Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar on May 26 rejected reports of terrorist group Islamic State (IS) making headway in India, stating that threats have always existed under different names, reports Zee News. "Threats always exist in various names
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Union Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar on May 26 rejected reports of terrorist group Islamic State (IS) making headway in India, stating that threats have always existed under different names, reports Zee News. "Threats always exist in various names. We have to be aware of such threats and build our system based on that," Parrikar said.
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May - 27 
Ahead of Prime Minister (PM) Narendra Modi’s visit to Bangladesh, both the Indian and the Bangladeshi agencies have been sharing information to combat the deadly terror alliance of Islamic State (IS) and Jama'atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) that pos
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Ahead of Prime Minister (PM) Narendra Modi’s visit to Bangladesh, both the Indian and the Bangladeshi agencies have been sharing information to combat the deadly terror alliance of Islamic State (IS) and Jama'atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) that poses a threat for both countries, Daily Mail reports on May 28. During PM Modi’s visit, the two countries will deliberate on cooperation to counter terrorism. Indian intelligence agencies have gathered information that JMB is making attempts to recruit Indian youths for IS in the border areas. “They have been trying to get active and attract the Indian youths. They have been making attempts continuously but they have not been very successful so far,” said a counter-terror official. Reportedly, a IS delegation visited Chittagong in Bangladesh in 2014 and had a meeting with JMB leaders and also other extremist groups like Ansarullah Bangla.
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May - 31 
Minister of State for Defence, Rao Inderjit Singh, while speaking at a security conference in Singapore, warned that militants fighting for the Islamic State (IS) were not merely exaggerating when they boasted of potentially acquiring nuclear weapons
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Minister of State for Defence, Rao Inderjit Singh, while speaking at a security conference in Singapore, warned that militants fighting for the Islamic State (IS) were not merely exaggerating when they boasted of potentially acquiring nuclear weapons from Pakistan, reports Daily Mail on June 1. Rao Inderjit Singh said that with billions in the bank and contact with powerful Pakistani arms dealers, it is feasible that IS could buy a nuclear bomb. His comments came just a week after the IS militants themselves claimed that acquiring nuclear weapons is 'more possible today than it was just one year ago'.
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