NEW DELHI, May 6:
Investigators interrogating the three youths arrested for alleged links with banned Jaish-e- Mohammed today said the trio were shown videos pertaining to alleged atrocities against Muslims in Jammu and Kashmir, Muzaffarnagar and Iraq to induct them into the outfit and execute terror strikes in the national capital.
A senior police official said prime accused Sajid had joined a social media page where he met a cyber entity ‘Talha’, believed to be close to JeM chief Maulana Masood Azhar, who is wanted by India in connection with 2001 Parliament attack case and the terror strike on Pathankot IAF base in January.
The web page had links to several websites which allegedly propagate jihad ideology. In one such website, Sajid found a phone number, which pertained to Pakistan and the contact number later turned out to be that of Talah, the official said.
Once Sajid had roped in the other accused youths — Sameer Ahmed and Shakir Ansari into the module — the cyber entity sent them links to videos showing alleged atrocities against Muslims in Jammu and Kashmir, Muzaffarnagar and Iraq. The idea was to induct them into the outfit and plan serial blasts here, the official added.(PTI)
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