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Youth from T working for IS: Intelligence agencies
The intelligence agencies, who are keeping a close watch on the movements of youths leaning towards the dreaded Islamic Terror group (IS) that has caused large-scale violence in Paris, have found that one youth from Telangana is currently working for the terror organisation.
Among those who are currently fighting for IS include two youth from Kalyan on the outskirts of Mumbai, an Australia-based Kashmiri, one youth from Telangana, one from Karnataka, one Oman-based Indian and another Singapore-based Indian.
Hyderabad: The intelligence agencies, who are keeping a close watch on the movements of youths leaning towards the dreaded Islamic Terror group (IS) that has caused large-scale violence in Paris, have found that one youth from Telangana is currently working for the terror organisation.
However, they did not disclose any details of the said person. The agencies, in a report on Wednesday, said they had identified nearly 150 from all over the country, mostly from South, who were planning to join the terror outfit.
Earlier in January, the agencies nabbed Salman Mohiuddin of Hyderabad at Rajiv Gandhi International Airport when he was preparing to board a flight to Dubai on way to Syria via Turkey.
"Most of them are in regular contact with some IS activists through online. Hence, we have kept all of them under surveillance of security forces," an official privy to the development said. So far, a total of 23 Indians have gone to ISIS hold areas in Iraq-Syria to fight for the terrorist group. Of them six were killed while one returned home in Mumbai.
Thirty other Indians, who were radicalised by IS elements, were also prevented from travelling to the conflict zone in the Middle-East. Among those who are currently fighting for IS include two youth from Kalyan on the outskirts of Mumbai, an Australia-based Kashmiri, one youth from Telangana, one from Karnataka, one Oman-based Indian and another Singapore-based Indian.
Among the six Indians, who fought alongside IS and got killed were three Indian Mujahideen terrorists, including Sultan Ajmer Shah and Bada Sajid, who had joined its ranks after being in Pakistan, two from Maharashtra and one from Telangana.
On September 15, the UAE deported four Indians suspected to have links with the terror outfit. The UAE had also sent back in September a 37-year-old woman, Afsha Jabeen alias Nicky Joseph, who was allegedly involved in recruiting youths for IS.
In an advisory sent on Tuesday, Home Ministry said the recent multiple attacks in Paris clearly indicate the intention of the terror outfit to expand the area of terror action beyond the core area of Iraq and Syria.
The Home Ministry said though the ISIS has not been able to establish any significant presence in India, its success in radicalising some youth, attracting certain sections of local population or Indian diaspora to physically participate in its activities or the possibility of piggy backing on terrorist groups operating in India have opened up the possibility of IS-sponsored terrorist action on Indian territory.
