National Investigation Agency (NIA) continued its operations against ISIS in Kashmir valley on Monday and arrested three more persons for their linkage with the outfit during raids at multiple places in the Anantnag district of South Kashmir.
In a statement issued on Monday, NIA said that three ISIS Cadres in the ISIS Voice of Hind (VOH) Case (RC-14/2021/NIA/DLI) NIA have been arrested. The three accused persons are: i) Umar Nisar s/o Nisar Ahmed Bhat r/o Magray Mohalla Achabal; District Anantnag; ii) Tanveer Ahmad Bhat s/o Gull Mohammad Bhat r/o Gori Mohalla Achabal Anantnag; and iii) Rameez Ahmad Lone s/o Javed Ahmad Lone r/o Chak Achabal Anantnag in (RC-14/2021/NIA/DLI).
NIA had registered the case on 26 June this year under sections 124A, 153A, & 153B of IPC and sections 17, 18, 18B, 38, 39 & 40 of UA(P) Act 1967 in connection with the conspiracy of the proscribed terrorist organisation ISIS to radicalise and recruit impressionable youth in India to wage violent jihad against the Indian State.
NIA said that ISIS terrorists operating from various conflict zones along with ISIS cadres in India, by assuming pseudo-online identities, have created a network wherein ISIS-related propaganda material is disseminated for radicalising and recruiting members to the fold of ISIS. In this connection, an India-centric online propaganda magazine ‘the Voice of Hind’ (VOH) is published on monthly basis to incite and radicalise impressionable youth.
NIA had earlier conducted searches at the premises of the arrested accused and recovered a large number of incriminating documents, multiple digital devices and T-shirts with the ISIS logo.
“Preliminary examination of the seized material and examination of the accused persons revealed that they are active cadres of ISIS and have been using cyberspace to propagate inciting material by the online magazine VOH,” NIA said. Examination of the arrested accused led to searches on Monday at two more locations in Anantnag district in which several digital devices and other materials have been seized. Investigation in the case continues.
The three men arrested by NIA for the circulation of banned ISIS terror group’s propaganda, in South Kashmir on Monday.
