Excelsior Correspondent
Srinagar, Mar 13: The National Investigation Agency today carried out raids at the house of Uzair Azhar Bhat in the old city area of Srinagar.
The NIA during the raid and searches at Bhat’s house in Karfali Mohalla, Srinagar seized digital devices. “They are being examined and further investigations are in progress,” the agency said.
Bhat is allegedly one of the common contacts between Deepthi and Obaid who were running an ISIS module to radicalise youth.
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The NIA said that in 2021, it had started investigations into Mohammed Ameen alias Abu Yahya resident of Kadannamanna, Kerala, who had been running various ISIS propaganda channels on different social media platforms, such as Telegram, Hoop and Instagram.
“Through these channels, he was propagating violent Jihadi ideologies of ISIS and was radicalizing and recruiting new members to this ISIS module. He and his associates had even identified certain individuals for targeted killings. They had also made plans to undertake Hijrah to Jammu & Kashmir for engaging in terrorist acts and had raised funds from various sources for this trip”, the statement said.
According to spokesman, during the probe, it was found that Mohammad Ameen was in touch with Deepthi Marla of Kerala, a converted Muslim, married to Anas Abdul Rahiman of Mangalore. In 2015, she had gone to Dubai to pursue studies where she met Mizha Siddeeque and both women developed an inclination towards ISIS. In 2019, they tried to do Hijrah to Khorasan and reached Tehran, Iran. After reaching Tehran, their contact with ISIS operatives based in Khorasan could not be established.
“They both returned to India, and Deepthi got in touch with Ameen, Obaid Hamid Matta, Madesh Shankar @ Abdullah and others and made plans to undertake Hijrah to ISIS administered territory. In January 2020, she went to Srinagar in January 2020 to meet Obaid to plan the Hijrah and stayed in Srinagar for one week,” NIA said.
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