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NEW DELHI: A suspected panic module with alleged links to overseas handlers and extremist organisations, including ISIS, has been uncovered, with investigators claiming the web was progressive successful radicalising young radical successful India.The improvement comes aft Andhra Pradesh Police sent teams to aggregate states, Bihar, Delhi, Karnataka, Maharashtra, West Bengal, Telangana and Rajasthan, to apprehension astir a twelve suspects, including 3 from Andhra Pradesh, successful transportation with the case.According to an quality section root quoted by quality bureau PTI, the radical had links to foreign-based operatives and was actively spreading jihadi propaganda online.“A jihadi module with links to overseas handlers and extremist organisations similar Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) and Al-Qaeda successful the Indian Subcontinent (AQIS) has been unearthed, which was engaged successful radicalising younker successful India,” an quality section authoritative said.
Prime accused and associates allegedly utilized online propaganda to people youth
Investigators person identified premier accused Rahamathullah Sharif arsenic a cardinal fig successful the network. Police said Sharif and his associates were allegedly successful interaction with operatives progressive successful circulating jihadi contented and motivating young radical done online videos.
The accused were allegedly sharing extremist worldly and staying successful interaction with overseas handlers done societal media.The radical is accused of circulating videos featuring Osama Bin Laden, Israr Ahmed Shaik, Zakir Naik and Anwar al-Awlaki successful an effort to power Muslim younker towards jihad and extremist ideology.Police besides fishy the web was trying to grow by drafting successful women done a abstracted ‘Khawateen’ wing.
Links traced to Pakistan, Afghanistan, Syria and Bangladesh
According to investigators, the radical had established interaction with handlers based successful Pakistan, Afghanistan, Syria and Bangladesh done much than 40 societal media accounts.Agencies judge the web was moving towards facilitating ‘Hijrat’ and yet establishing an Islamic State, oregon ‘Khilafat’, successful India.Handlers identified arsenic Al-Hakeem Shukoor, Mohammed Huzaifa, Ninja, Hemroxy, Abu Muharib and Abu Balushi allegedly guided the radical connected militant grooming and the usage of weapons, including sniper rifles.
They besides reportedly assured the radical that arms could beryllium supplied.Investigators further fishy that immoderate radicalised individuals linked to the module were already undergoing jihadi grooming successful madrasas abroad, portion efforts were allegedly being made to enlistee much radical into the network.One of the accused, Sayeeda Begum, was allegedly successful interaction with operatives successful Pakistan arsenic good arsenic successful Jammu and Kashmir and was readying to coordinate jihadi activities, PTI reported.
Probe besides covers cyber terror, IED worldly and anti-India content
Investigators said the radical was not constricted to ideological propaganda and whitethorn besides person been sharing contented linked to cyber panic and bomb-making.The accused allegedly circulated worldly promoting cyber attacks, including plans to hack authoritative websites. Agencies are besides examining imaginable overseas backing channels linked to the network.Police further claimed that members uploaded worldly related to the mentation of achromatic pulverization and improvised explosive devices (IEDs), portion besides claiming that firearms would beryllium sourced from Pakistan and Afghanistan.The radical allegedly posted photographs of members wearing masks, displaying ISIS flags and raising slogans specified arsenic “One Ummah” to awesome their committedness to the thought of an Islamic State successful India.Investigators besides alleged that the accused shared provocative videos, sang the Indian National Anthem successful a derogatory mode utilizing abusive language, and circulated contented showing the desecration and burning of the nationalist flag.
