NIA’s pan-India raids reveal Islamic State’s targets in India are Hindus, Hindu temples

India

oi-Vicky Nanjappa

The
NIA
has
learnt
that
scores
of
Muslim
youth
have
been
radicalised
online,
thanks
to
the
material
that
the
Islamic
State
has
put
up
on
the
internet
and
social
media.

New
Delhi,
Aug
08:
The
deep-rooted
problem
of
the
Islamic
State
in
India
came
to
the
fore
yet
again
following
the
arrest
of
a
radicalised
and
active
member
of
the
group
from
his
residence
in
Delhi.

While
the
National
Investigation
Agency
(NIA)
continues
to
question
Mohsin
Ahmad,
the
agency
conducted
raids
at
different
locations
in
Doda
and
Jammu
on
Monday,
sources
have
told
OneIndia.

The
raids
being
conducted
today
are
also
in
connection
with
the
case
relating
to
the
Islamic
State.
The
source
cited
above
said
that
they
are
cracking
down
the
pan-India
modules
of
the
terror
group
which
have
infiltrated
deep
and
are
radicalising
several
Muslim
youth
across
the
country.

Blood
on
their
hands:
Are
Islamic
Courts
targeting
Hindus
to
raise
fear,
terror?

“Yesterday
(06.08.2022),
NIA
conducted
search
operations
in
the
residential
premises
of
accused
Mohsin
Ahmad,
presently
residing
near
Jogabai
Extention
in
Batla
house,
New
Delhi
and
permanent
resident
of
Patna
in
Bihar
and
subsequently
arrested
him
in
the
case
pertaining
to
online
and
on-ground
activities
of
ISIS,”
the
NIA
said
in
a
statement
following
the
arrest
on
Sunday.
The
NIA
has
been
conducting
raids
at
various
locations
and
has
learnt
that
scores
of
Muslim
youth
have
been
radicalised
online,
thanks
to
the
material
that
the
Islamic
State
has
put
up
on
the
internet
and
social
media.

Only
last
week
did
the
NIA
carry
out
raids
at
multiple
locations
in
the
country.
Raids
were
carried
out
at
Karnataka,
Gujarat,
Madhya
Pradesh,
Bihar,
Tamil
Nadu
and
Uttar
Pradesh.

Sources
say
that
with
each
of
these
raids
the
extent
of
radicalisation
that
has
taken
place
became
clear.
In
Bhopal,
two
persons
Mohammad
Anas
and
Zuber
Khan
were
arrested.
The
NIA
said
that
one
of
them
was
a
madrasa
educated
student
and
the
other
a
graduate
from
Bhopal.

In
Tumakuru,
Karnataka,
the
NIA
arrested
a
students
of
Unani
Medical
College.
The
student
originally
hails
from
Mumbai
and
he
is
accused
of
putting
out
radical
Islamic
content
on
the
net.

‘Minority’
Hindus
not
getting
a
fair
deal
in
educational
rights

Meanwhile
two
college
students
were
arrested
at
Huppari
in
Maharashtra.
Raids
were
also
conducted
at
Bhatkal
and
few
persons
were
questioned
by
the
NIA.
Meanwhile
a
Tamil
Nadu
based
operative,
Meer
Anaas
Ali
was
picked
up
by
the
NIA.
He
is
a
third
year
engineering
student
and
was
picked
from
Ambur
Town.

Officials
say
that
the
questioning
of
these
arrested
Muslim
youth
shows
that
not
only
were
they
deeply
radicalised,
but
they
had
reached
out
to
scores
of
others
and
radicalised
them.

In
March
this
year,
the
NIA
filed
a
supplementary
chargesheet
against
two
residents
of
Jammu
and
Kashmir.
The
NIA
said
that
in
order
to
achieve
their
goal,
an
organised
campaign
was
launched
online
supplemented
by
on-ground
financing
activities.
The
case
was
registered
against
cyber
entity
Qasim
Khurasani
and
his
associates.

The
NIA
said
that
in
the
case
Parvaiz
is
a
top
ISIS
operative
and
a
close
associate
of
one
Umar
Nisar.
He
was
also
associated
with
the
Afghanistan-Pakistan
based
ISIS
operatives
and
was
involved
in
the
recruitment
of
youth.
Following
the
arrest
of
Nisar,
he
was
appointed
as
the
head
of
the
ISIS
in
India.

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Parvaiz
was
also
handling
the
media
as
well
as
the
ground
activities
of
the
ISIS.
He
was
also
actively
disseminating
the
ISIS
propaganda
material
through
various
online
platforms.

The
other
accused
Tawheed
Latief
Sofi
was
also
a
close
associate
of
previously
charge-sheeted
accused
persons
Umar
Nisar
and
Jufri
Jawhar
Damudi.
He
was
involved
in
content
editing
and
poster
creation
for
ISIS
propaganda
magazine,
Voice
of
Hind
and
had
also
carried
out
recee
of
Hindu
temples,
Government
buildings
including
police
stations
to
carry
out
subversive
acts.