NIA arrests Mangaluru man
Mangaluru, Aug 04, 2021: NIA conducted search at five locations and arrested four people including one from Mangaluru on Wednesday for their links in ISIS Kerala Module case.
According to officials NIA along with state police units conducted simultaneous searches at 5 locations (three in Kashmir, one in Bengaluru and one in Mangaluru) in connection with investigation of NIA case.
NIA had registered a suo-moto case against seven known and other unknown accused persons pertaining to terrorist activities of Mohammed Ameen alias Abu Yahya of Kerala and his associates, who have been running various ISIS propaganda channels on different social media platforms such as Telegram, Hoop and Instagram for propagating the violent Jihadi ideology of ISIS and radicalizing and recruiting new members for the ISIS module.
NIA had conducted searches and had arrested 03 accused persons namely Mohd. Ameen, Dr. Rahees Rasheed and Mus’Hab Anwar in this case in March 2021.
During investigation, it was 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.
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.
Subsequent to the searches, four accused associated with ISIS were arrested
- Ammar Abdul Rahman, R/o Ullal Mangalore
- Obaid Hamid, R/o Bemina , Srinagar
- Muzammil Hassan Bhat , R/o Bandipora , Kashmir
- Shankar Venkatesh Perumal @ Ali Muaviya , R/o Bangalore.
They were allegedly involved in raising funds and radicalising and motivating more people to join 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.
Further investigation in the case continues.
