12 With Hyperlinks To ISIS, Al-Qaeda Arrested. They Met On Gaming App

New Delhi:

12 folks with suspected hyperlinks to banned terrorist outfits like al-Qaeda within the Indian Subcontinent (AQIS) and the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) have been arrested after a multi-state operation.

Andhra Pradesh’s Mohammad Rahmatullah Shareef, Mirza Sohail Beg and Mohammad Danish, Bihar’s Shadman Dilkush and Ajmanullah Khan, Lucky Ahmed, a resident of Delhi’s Rohini, Mir Asif Ali (West Bengal), Zeeshan (Rajasthan), Abdul Salam (Karnataka), Shah Rukh Khan and Shiyak Piyaz ur Rehman (Maharashtra), and Saida Begum from Telangana have been arrested after a joint operation carried out by the police in Andhra Pradesh and Delhi.

They met the international handlers of the AQIS and ISIS by a gaming app and later joined them.

Officials stated that that they had hyperlinks with “Benex Com”, a gaggle related to ISIS. 

They allegedly changed the nationwide flag with that of ISIS on their social media posts. They additionally burnt the nationwide flag, praised ISIS and advocated for reworking India into an Islamic State. They additionally mocked the nationwide anthem, officers stated.

Investigation additional revealed that they have been planning to journey to Pakistan inside a month to participate in coaching. They have been additionally motivating youth to endure coaching in Pakistan and Afghanistan.

3 Accused Watched Osama bin Laden’s Videos

Investigation revealed that the three accused, Mohammad Rahmatullah Shareef, Mirza Sohail Beg and Mohammad Danish, all residents of Vijayawada, had shaped a gaggle named “Al Malik Islamic Youth” to radicalise youth and put together them for jihad.

They have been allegedly working in the direction of the idea of Ghazwa-e-Hind (warfare in opposition to India) and had expanded their community throughout a number of states by coordinating with operatives in several areas, officers stated.

They additionally posted movies projecting themselves as Mujahideen, watched movies of al-Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden and imitated him whereas partaking in radical propaganda.

Rahmatullah, a motorcycle taxi driver, together with Danish, a laser marking skilled, and Sohail Beg, who works at a restaurant, allegedly expanded jihad-related actions by on-line platforms.

Rahmatullah developed contacts with a international handler recognized as Al-Hakeem Shukur by social media and, on his directions, collaborated with Shadman Dilkush from Bihar and Saida Begum from Hyderabad.

He additional established hyperlinks with Ahmed, Ajmanullah Khan, Mir Asif Ali, Zeeshan, Abdul Salam, Shah Rukh Khan and Shiyak Piyaz ur Rehman.