The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Monday in connection with a case related to the activities of some Kerala-based individuals linked to the Islamic State , a member of the global terrorist group Raids were conducted at the house of suspected member in Srinagar.

NIA raids Uzair Azhar Bhat’s house

A spokesperson of anti-terror agency NIA said The house of Uzair Azhar Bhat, a suspected member of the Kerala module of the Islamic State, was raided in the Karfali Mohalla area of ​​Srinagar. Islamic State is also known as ISIS.

Mohammed Amin alias Abu Yahya used to propagate Jihadi ideologies

year 2020 NIA had initiated investigation against Mohammad Amin alias Abu Yahya, a resident of Kadanmanna, Kerala, who had been circulating on various social media Was operating many channels promoting Islamic State on forums. Through these channels, he was propagating the violent jihadist ideologies of ISIS and recruiting new members into the ISIS module, the spokesperson said. He and his companions had also identified some persons who were to be killed.

Mohammad Amin alias Abu Yahya had plans to go to Jammu and Kashmir

NIA said that Mohammad Amin alias Abu Yahya had also planned to go to Jammu and Kashmir to engage in terrorist activities and raised funds from various sources for this trip. The spokesman said, during the investigation, it was found that Amin was in touch with Deepthi Marla from Kerala, who had converted to Islam. She was married to Anas Abdul Rehman of Mangalore. In 2020 she went to Dubai to study, where she met Miza Siddiqui and both the women developed an inclination towards ISIS.

Bhat suspected to be part of the conspiracy

The officer said that 791 She tried to do ‘Hijra’ in Khorasan (Afghanistan) and reached Tehran, Iran. After reaching Tehran, he could not contact the ISIS members present in Khorasan. They both returned to India, the agency said, and Marla planned to migrate to ISIS-controlled territory by contacting Amin, Obaid Hamid Matta, Madesh Shankar alias Abdullah and others. The spokesperson said, in January 2020, he met Matta to plan Hijrah. Went to Srinagar to meet and stayed in Srinagar for a week. Bhat was one of the people Marla and Matta usually contacted, he said. Bhat is suspected to be part of the conspiracy.

NIASrinagarPublished Date

Mon, Mar 13, 2023, 9: 39 PM IST