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Intelligence agencies have said that so far at least 19 Indians have joined Islamic State (IS), india.com reports on November 15. Around 50 people who are following IS propaganda on social networking sites are under watch of the agencies. Indian inte
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Intelligence agencies have said that so far at least 19 Indians have joined Islamic State (IS), india.com reports on November 15. Around 50 people who are following IS propaganda on social networking sites are under watch of the agencies. Indian intelligence said that most Indians who have joined the organisation are the ones who have moved to Gulf countries for work. According to the Report, an official said, “We are worried over the spread of ISIS. In India, LeT remains the most dangerous enemy. ISIS is a threat to India but not like it is to Europe. Indian nationals have gone to join ISIS and have been brought back as well. We are constantly working to check the spread of ISIS propaganda.” Report also says that the Police forces across the country are on high alert and agencies are asked to intensify their security in the bordering areas. Coastal area security have also been beefed up and Home and External Affairs are constantly monitoring the affairs in France. Sources also said that as terror situation in Afghanistan and Pakistan affects India. Security agencies had asked their US, European and West Asian counterparts with surveillance in IS-held territory in Iraq and Syria to help them with estimate number of Indians in the militant organisation.
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November - 17 
Ansar-ut Tawhid fi Bilad al-Hind (AuT), an India-specific jihadi outfit that pledged allegiance to Islamic State (IS) in September 2014, has started online propaganda for IS in Bengali, after posting IS messages in the past with Urdu, Hindi, Tamil, G
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Ansar-ut Tawhid fi Bilad al-Hind (AuT), an India-specific jihadi outfit that pledged allegiance to Islamic State (IS) in September 2014, has started online propaganda for IS in Bengali, after posting IS messages in the past with Urdu, Hindi, Tamil, Gujarat and English subtitles, The Times of India reports on November 18. Indian intelligence agencies say this has expanded the geographical reach of IS propaganda, leading to radicalization of some Indian youth. AuT propagates acts of violence against the Indian government and encourages Indian Muslims to participate in jihad within the country, along with encouraging other jihadis to attack Indian government interests and economic centres. Another key cause of concern for the Indian agencies, as they review the IS threat in the wake of Paris attacks and India's backing to France's retaliatory air-strikes on IS territory, is the Wilayat Khorasan (WK), an IS affiliate operating out of Af-Pak region. WK, according to intelligence sources, is at present a threat in Nangarhar Province of Afghanistan and may target Indian interests there. Incidentally, Afghanistan is the only country in South Asia where IS activity goes beyond recruitment.
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November - 17 
India is alert to the threat posed by the Islamic State (IS), Union Home Minister (UHM) Rajnath Singh said on November 17, reports The Times of India. "ISIS is not a threat for any particular country, but for the entire world. India is alert about IS
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India is alert to the threat posed by the Islamic State (IS), Union Home Minister (UHM) Rajnath Singh said on November 17, reports The Times of India. "ISIS is not a threat for any particular country, but for the entire world. India is alert about ISIS," Rajnath said. The Indian security establishment suggests that around 20-odd Indians are currently fighting for IS in Iraq-Syria. "Though the ISIS has not been able to establish any significant presence in India, its success in radicalizing some youth, attracting certain sections of the local population or the Indian diaspora to physically participate in its activities or the possibility of piggy-backing on terrorist groups operating in India have opened up the possibility of ISIS-sponsored terrorist action on Indian territory," an advisory issued by the Union Ministry of Home Affairs (UMHA) to all states and Union Territories (UTs) of India on November 16 said. "Available inputs about ISIS activities should be immediately reviewed to identify plans, targets areas vulnerable to attack by ISIS and appropriate action is taken to neutralise potential threat if any," the advisory added. The government has also decided to review security at the embassies and other offices belonging to the governments of France, US, UK, Germany, Russia, Australia, Turkey and Israel. The UMHA said that the recent multiple terror attacks in Paris clearly indicate the intention of the outfit to expand the area of terror targets beyond the Iraq and Syria. "It is necessary that the security establishment is kept on high alert to prevent any untoward incident," the advisory said.
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November - 17 
Islamic State (IS) terrorists are using every trick to finance their activities, from bank loans to government benefits schemes to exploitation of natural resources, according to an October 2015 report of Financial Action Task Force (FATF), Economic
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Islamic State (IS) terrorists are using every trick to finance their activities, from bank loans to government benefits schemes to exploitation of natural resources, according to an October 2015 report of Financial Action Task Force (FATF), Economic Times reports on November 18. The plenary meeting of the inter-governmental task force, with a focus on terror financing activities of the IS, took place in Paris (France). According to investigations carried out by the task force members, one emerging trend includes foreign terrorists applying for small short-term loans from banks, with no intention to repay them. The 50-page report on the IS states that a framework needs to be developed to choke funds for these terror groups. Besides India, member countries including the United States (US), France and Russia also highlighted the use of social media by the IS to raise funds. "Fundraising advertisements are usually placed in social networks and thematic websites, as well as in specialized media, closed online forum and sent in private messages," the report says. A case in point is the pro-IS Twitter handler Mehdi Masroor Biswas, who was arrested by Karnataka police for running @ shamiwitness. Explaining a modus operandi, the report says, "Individuals associated with ISIL calls for donation via Twitter and asked the donors to contact them through Skype. Once on Skype, the donors are asked to buy an international prepaid card and send them the number of this prepaid card via Skype. The fundraiser will send this card number to one of his followers in a neighbouring country from Syria, who would sell this card number at a lower price and give the cash proceeds to ISIS." Another trend being noticed worldwide for terror financing is "crowd funding techniques" which is being used to transfer funds abroad by avoiding regulated financial entities. Canada's Financial Intelligence Unit shared its experience, saying the authorities recently zeroed in on an individual who left Canada, prompting an investigation. The probe was linked to a crowd funding website that allows people to easily set up fundraising web pages and collect donations.
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November - 18 
According to a report prepared by the intelligence agencies, nearly 150 Indian youths, mostly from South India, are believed to be attracted to the Islamic State (IS/ISIS) and sympathetic to the group's activities, reports First Post on November 19
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According to a report prepared by the intelligence agencies, nearly 150 Indian youths, mostly from South India, are believed to be attracted to the Islamic State (IS/ISIS) and sympathetic to the group's activities, reports First Post on November 19. "Most of them are in regular contact with some ISIS activists through online. Hence, we have kept all them under surveillance of security forces," an unnamed official said. Among those who are currently fighting for ISIS include two youth from Kalyan in the outskirts of Mumbai (Maharashtra), an Australia-based Kashmiri, one youth from Telangana, one from Karnataka, one Oman-based Indian and another Singapore-based Indian. Among the six Indians, who fought alongside ISIS and got killed were three Indian Mujahideen (IM) terrorists, including Sultan Ajmer Shah and Bada Sajid, who had joined its ranks after being in Pakistan, two from Maharashtra and one from Telangana, the report said.
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November - 18 
India has frozen assets worth Euro 300,000 (over INR 2.12 core) of over three dozen entities on charges of terrorist financing and money laundering of illicit funds, according to a report by Financial Action Task Force (FATF), Daily Excelsior reports
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India has frozen assets worth Euro 300,000 (over INR 2.12 core) of over three dozen entities on charges of terrorist financing and money laundering of illicit funds, according to a report by Financial Action Task Force (FATF), Daily Excelsior reports on November 19. The body has conducted a mid-session review of various countries and economic powers of the world in the wake of the increased activities of Islamic State (IS) around the globe. As part of India’s initiative against suspect funds and those related to terrorism, the FATF report said the country has frozen assets to the tune of Euro 3 lakh belonging to 37 entities till August 15, 2015. “In light of the growing threat of ISIL (Islamic State of in Iraq and the Levant) and other terrorist groups, the FATF has taken a renewed focus on the global threat of terrorist financing and terrorism and conducted a fact-finding initiative to determine whether all jurisdictions in the global anti-money laundering and counter-terrorist financing network have implemented key measures to cut off terrorism-related financial flows, in accordance with the FATF recommendations...This report sets out the results of that exercise,” a report prepared in this regard for the perusal by G20 leaders said.
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November - 20 
Hit by a wave of terror attacks, France said on November 20 that India was on the same boat with it in fighting terror and vowed not to let those responsible for the Paris carnage go unpunished, reports New Indian Express. French Foreign Minister Lau
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Hit by a wave of terror attacks, France said on November 20 that India was on the same boat with it in fighting terror and vowed not to let those responsible for the Paris carnage go unpunished, reports New Indian Express. French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius met Prime Minister Narendra Modi and discussed ways to effectively tackle the menace. “I want to say that France is grateful for the tremendous support it has received from the international community, including Indian friends. The attackers will not go unpunished and our response is and will be strong,” Fabius said while ruling out any possibility of negotiations with terror groups. “We have good cooperation with our Indian friends on this. I discussed it this morning with Prime Minister Modi. We shall develop our cooperation... we are in the same boat,” he underscored. Moreover, France has moved a resolution at the United Nations (UN) for effective action against the Islamic State (IS) which claimed responsibility for the Paris attacks.
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November - 20 
Union Ministry of Home Affairs (UMHA) warned Jharkhand Police against possible links between Islamic State (IS) and sleeper cells of Indian Mujahideen (IM), Jama'atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) and Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) whose operatives have been ar
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Union Ministry of Home Affairs (UMHA) warned Jharkhand Police against possible links between Islamic State (IS) and sleeper cells of Indian Mujahideen (IM), Jama'atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) and Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) whose operatives have been arrested from Jharkhand in past, The Times of India reports on November 20. At a press conference in Ranchi on November 20 Police spokesperson and Additional Directorate General (ADG) (operations) S N Pradhan said: "The MHA inputs have been promptly shared with all SPs with instructions to take it with all seriousness. A few districts which have a background of terrorist activities have been instructed to be extra careful about the alert." Police officials believe Jharkhand has high risk of vulnerability to IS designs as its north-eastern border is situated close to Bangladesh. In September 2015 police arrested JMB second-in-command Tariqul Islam alias Sadiq alias Sumon from Ramgarh, a District which neighbours Ranchi. The arrest revealed that JMB was using Jharkhand as its hiding ground as its key man Rejaul Karim was arrested from Sahebganj railway station (close to Bangladesh border) in January (2015). "There are apprehensions IS might collaborate with local units of these terrorist groups in Jharkhand. We have to be alert against it," Pradhan said.
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November - 22 
Based on leads provided by Telangana Police, a 33-year-old online recruiter of Islamic State (IS), identified as Adnan Hasan Damudi who was trying to lure more than 20 youngsters in Hyderabad, including techies and women to join the terror outfit, wa
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Based on leads provided by Telangana Police, a 33-year-old online recruiter of Islamic State (IS), identified as Adnan Hasan Damudi who was trying to lure more than 20 youngsters in Hyderabad, including techies and women to join the terror outfit, was detained in Dubai a few days ago, New Indian Express reports on November 23. Telangana Police officials had reportedly forwarded a comprehensive report to Dubai Police on the activities of the online recruiter, who was luring city youth through social media. Damudi, a native of Karnataka, who was arrested by Dubai Police, is suspected to be a former cadre of the Students Islamic Movement of India (SIMI). He went to Dubai in 2012 in search of a job after finishing his graduation in commerce from Karnataka University in Dharwad. According to Police, Damudi, who worked as assistant delivery coordinator at the World Trade Centre in Dubai, used to maintain the Twitter account with the handle @AdnanDamudi and actively propagated IS ideology. According to sources, the Hyderabad Police, who detained a youth for trying to join IS last year, had collected information about the activities of Damudi during the counselling session. Initially, Damudi promised to help six youth including a woman to join IS. While chatting on social media, Damudi gave his Indian mobile phone number to the six persons. Later, two of them dropped their decision, while remaining four were detained in Kolkata (West Bengal) in 2014. The Police had information that Damudi was staying in Dubai and was actively operating on social media. Tracking his mobile number, police identified him as Damudi, native of Karnataka. It is also learnt that Damudi, who was successful in recruiting four youth to join IS, had assigned the task to one Sultan Amar on Afghanistan- Pakistan border, to help the four youth to proceed towards Syria.
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November - 22 
Indian intelligence agencies, with assistance from foreign counterparts, have managed to establish the identity of the six Indian citizens who have died fighting for Islamic State (IS) so far, and uncovered how recruits from India are considered infe
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Indian intelligence agencies, with assistance from foreign counterparts, have managed to establish the identity of the six Indian citizens who have died fighting for Islamic State (IS) so far, and uncovered how recruits from India are considered inferior to those from Arab nations, livemint.com reports on November 23. A senior intelligence official, who did not wish to be identified, refused to give details of the foreign agencies that are assisting India by providing inputs regarding Indians, or even expatriates in the Gulf countries, who have joined the ranks of IS. According to a detailed report compiled by multiple agencies, three of those killed fighting for IS are from Karnataka, while one each is from Uttar Pradesh, Telangana and Maharashtra. The deceased have been identified as Athif Vaseem Mohammed from Adilabad, Telangana; Mohammed Umar Subhan from Shivaji Nagar, Bengaluru; Maulana Abdul Kabir Sultan Armar from Bhatkal, Karnataka; Saheem Farooque Tanki from Thane, Maharashtra; Faiz Masood from Bengaluru and Mohammed Sajid alias Bada Sajid from Azamgarh, Uttar Pradesh. Of the dead, Bada Sajid was one of the main operatives of Indian Mujahideen (IM) who escaped to Pakistan after the Batla House encounter in Delhi in September 2008. “We had information that Bada Sajid and at least two more IM operatives who had escaped to Pakistan after the Batla House encounter had moved to Iraq to fight for IS. Of the total 23 Indians who joined the outfit in Iraq and Syria, five are from Karnataka, four each from Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh and Kerala, three from Tamil Nadu, two from Uttar Pradesh and one from Jammu and Kashmir,’’ the official cited above added. According to the report, the IS destroys the passports of Indian and other foreign nationals on arrival in Iraq and Syria to ensure that they don’t return to their country. “There are credible inputs that IS considers South Asian fighters—from India, Pakistan and Bangladesh—as well as those from some other countries like Nigeria and Sudan to be inferior to Arab fighters,” the report states. In fact, Areeb Majeed, a resident of Kalyan near Mumbai who was brought back from Syria by Indian security agencies, disclosed during custodial interrogation how IS considered Indians to be less martial when compared to Arab fighters. Majeed claimed that he was made to do menial tasks like cleaning toilets.
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November - 23 
With security and intelligence agencies keeping a close watch on social media platforms, terror outfits are now turning to the hidden web or 'Darknet' to carry out clandestine activities, The Times of India reports on November 24. This, authorities s
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With security and intelligence agencies keeping a close watch on social media platforms, terror outfits are now turning to the hidden web or 'Darknet' to carry out clandestine activities, The Times of India reports on November 24. This, authorities say, has made it almost impossible for cops to track terror suspects and unearth their activities and propaganda. Experts define it as a network that promises anonymity and cannot be accessed without proper authorization, as several proxy servers are used to block entry. Terror outfits, as part of their modus operandi, send a link to this network to their associates on hisher email address. It is only when the receiver clicks on this link that heshe can access the information available on Darknet. Predictably, terror propaganda has shifted its base here from mainstream internet - Darknet is also called the Deep Web. Online campaigners of the Islamic State (IS), whose single point of contact for recruitment is social networking sites like Facebook, too are said to taking shelter under Darknet. After winning people over, the campaigners, sources say , direct these prospective recruits to Darknet, whose websites remain hidden on a browser even after the correct URL is entered. It is here that the discussions about actual propaganda and prospective recruitment are carried out.
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November - 24 
According to investigators, Adnan Hasan Damudi, under detention in Dubai, native of Bhatkal in Karnataka for allegedly being an Islamic State (IS) propaganda agent provided funding of INR 50,000 to a youth from Hyderabad in 2014 deposited the money i
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According to investigators, Adnan Hasan Damudi, under detention in Dubai, native of Bhatkal in Karnataka for allegedly being an Islamic State (IS) propaganda agent provided funding of INR 50,000 to a youth from Hyderabad in 2014 deposited the money in the account of the sister of a Hyderabad youth, whom he was trying to attract to the IS, Indian Express reports on November 25. According to sources, investigations revealed that Damudi was allegedly “attracting youth towards IS by posing as a neo-Muslim on social media”. Indian agencies also believe Damudi is associated with operatives of the Indian Mujahideen (IM), who are suspected to have joined the IS. He is known to have had close links on social media with brothers Sultan and Shafi Armar from Bhatkal, allegedly associated with IM and, more recently, the IS. Sultan alias Maulana Abdul Khader was reported by IS websites to have died in Syria in March this year. Last year, Sultan allegedly interacted via Skype with the Hyderabad youths who were lured by Damudi to join IS. Prior to his detention in Dubai a few months ago, Damudi was in touch with Shafi via Facebook, sources said. Damudi was allegedly involved with Shafi in the running of pro-Islamic websites of an entity called Al Isabah media and Ansar ul Tawheed, a breakaway group of the Indian Mujahideen. “He used to post comments/videos at Al Isabah media and Ansar ul Tawheed websites to attract youths towards jihad,” sources said.
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November - 24 
Describing Islamic State (IS) as the latest security challenge, Minister of State for Home, Kiren Rijiju on November 24 said efforts by the jihadi outfit to recruit Indian youth were very much on, reports The Times of India. The statement comes even
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Describing Islamic State (IS) as the latest security challenge, Minister of State for Home, Kiren Rijiju on November 24 said efforts by the jihadi outfit to recruit Indian youth were very much on, reports The Times of India. The statement comes even as intelligence inputs suggest that nearly 58 foreign fighters, including two Indians, have deserted the IS since January 2014. "Latest challenge of ours is IS. Although we do not have that level of threat or presence as in Europe, but we have to acknowledge that efforts for recruitment (by IS) are on," Rijiju stated. Stating that Indian security forces were vigilant and successful in containing the IS threat, he said there was need to stop any attempt to radicalize the youth. "We have to concentrate on youth and work on de-radicalization, identify areas and institutes where such things can happen," he said. Twenty-three Indians have joined the IS so far, six of whom are reported killed. Another intelligence report said around 58 people of 18 nationalities may have quit IS over the past two years.
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November - 24 
Terror suspects are using the website wikisend for file sharing and are using encrypted messages to avoid surveillance, Asian Age reports on November 25.Top cyber experts of the country say that terror organisations have their own Web browsers and th
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Terror suspects are using the website wikisend for file sharing and are using encrypted messages to avoid surveillance, Asian Age reports on November 25.Top cyber experts of the country say that terror organisations have their own Web browsers and they use them to avoid detection. IS and the Indian Mujahideen (IM) use advanced encrypted technologies, say experts. The National Investigation Agency (NIA) chargesheet in the Dilsukhnagar twin blast case (February 21, 2013) revealed how the IM accused had operated using encrypted software and wikisend. Leading cyber forensic expert Mr Pendyala Krishna Shastry, who had earlier worked with the Government Examiner for Questioned Documents, said, “Terror suspects use their own web browsers. They are using the web to send encrypted messages.” The NIA in its chargesheet against the IM suspect in the Dilsukhnagar case said that accused Ajaz Shaikh had shared files through wikisend and had sent encrypted fake documents to Riyaz Bhatkal, another key accused in the case. “Ajaz Shaikh prepared a fake ID with the photo of another accused, Tehseen Akhtar, and uploaded the same through wikisend with a password protection encrypted file” revealed investigators.
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November - 26 
Islamic State (IS) may carry out terror strikes anywhere in the country using a single terrorist also known as 'lone wolf' to create a mayhem, Union minister of State for Home Affairs Kiren Rijiju stated on November 26, reports The Times of India. "C
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Islamic State (IS) may carry out terror strikes anywhere in the country using a single terrorist also known as 'lone wolf' to create a mayhem, Union minister of State for Home Affairs Kiren Rijiju stated on November 26, reports The Times of India. "Challenges are there. We have to accept that it is a reality. The threat is there," Kiren Rijiju said. In a statement that has a potential to trigger a controversy, Rijiju said Muslims from the southern states were "attracted" more to the IS ideology than their north Indian counterparts. "It is a reality (some south Indian Muslims getting attracted to ISIS). It is a fact. But we should not undermine our vigil in other parts of the country," he said. Rijiju said some web portals are under watch for their role in spreading the IS propaganda, but it is important to note that the servers of the web portals were not located in India.
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November - 28 
Suspected Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) agent, identified as Mohammad Aijaz arrested from Meerut, Uttar Pradesh on November 28, has told Special Task Force (STF) that ISI works very much like Islamic State (IS), reports The Times of India. Aijaz
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Suspected Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) agent, identified as Mohammad Aijaz arrested from Meerut, Uttar Pradesh on November 28, has told Special Task Force (STF) that ISI works very much like Islamic State (IS), reports The Times of India. Aijaz who stayed in Bareilly in disguise told interrogators that he was sent to Bangladesh where his handlers kept his passport and sent him illegally into India through a river. According to reports, IS recruiters burn passports of new joinees before assigning them missions. According to STF officials, Aijaz said the ISI 'handlers' had also promised to get his sister married and help his family financially but reneged on their promise and never fulfilled their commitment in the last three years. Deputy Superintendent of Police (STF) Anit Kumar said, "He was given nine-month training and was perfectly conditioned for the job before he was sneaked into India. He is making such statements to gain sympathy of interrogators. His family includes five brothers and three sisters and one of his brothers, as per his disclosure, is employed with the British High Commission in Pakistan." According to Kumar, "Even when STF sleuths were on his trail, he being a deft computer professional gave little chance to us record his conversation with his handlers in Pakistan. After exchanging pleasantries over phone, they used to switch to Skype through which they used to talk for hours. Since it is not possible to track conversation on Skype, we could not get hold of the contents of these conversations." Ajay Pal Singh, another STF official, said, "While being brought back to Bareilly from Meerut after his arrest, Aijaz told cops that ISI had betrayed him by promising to take care of his family in the best possible manner, including getting his sisters married. But they never kept their promise. The monthly payment of INR 50,000 was also never made in full, but in instalments."
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