In Part-II on Islamic State, Rahul Tripathi profiles 9 men who were part of the IS cell headed by Mudabbir Mushtaq Shaikh alias 'Abu Musab.' A lot of planning went into the recruitment and assignment of work, reveal interrogation details and clear hierarchy was set according to the level of radicalisation and other parameters.
Nafees Khan 21
He is described as the 'head of finance' at Islamic State-inspired Janood-ul-khalifa-al-Hind. Nafees, according to cops was working as salesman at a tiles shop in Hyderabad on a monthly salary of Rs 11,000. He hails from Mumbai's Nalasopara and came to Hyderabad in 2012 in search of a job. His primary education was at a Telugu camp and later did Islamic studies at a madarasa for 4 years.
Shareef named him after his younger son, Talha. According to NIA, Obeidullah used to servi ..
At Hyderabad, Nafees started a Facebook account during which he came in contact with Rizwan, a juvenile and deputy chief of IS in India, who belongs to Uttar Pradesh. According to Nafees, Rizwan gave him the ID of 'Gumnaam of Syria,' believed to Shafi Armar. Gumnaam motivated Nafees and also taught him how to make bombs using 'justpaste.it'. "I got it printed from a computer shop and kept it in my room. Then I purchased a new GI pipe with both side thread and cap from a shop and got it drilled ..
Mufti Abdus Sami Qasmi 46
A fiery orator, Sami is a native of Rampur in Uttar Pradesh and was arrested by NIA and UP police from Hardoi last week. Sami was residing at Seelampur in North East Delhi and was instrumental in motivating youths to join ISIS, advocating its ideology. Sami studied at Darul Uloom Deoband and runs a trust in name of Majlis-e-Tameer-e-Ummat, and 2 madrassas in UP. He travelled to states like UP, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Raj ..
Obeidullah Khan 33
A fiery orator, Sami is a native of Rampur in Uttar Pradesh and was arrested by NIA and UP police from Hardoi last week. Sami was residing at Seelampur in North East Delhi and was instrumental in motivating youths to join ISIS, advocating its ideology. Sami studied at Darul Uloom Deoband and runs a trust in name of Majlis-e-Tameer-e-Ummat, and 2 madrassas in UP. He travelled to states like UP, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Raj ..
Son of a retired constable, Khan is a resident of Hyderabad and married. The couple have four children with eldest being 6 years and youngest, 9 months. According to NIA, Obeidullah runs a computer sales and services, shop in the name of Computer Point at Tolichowki in Hyderabad. He was a given an assumed name by Shareef Moinuddin as Abu Talah during the meetings held at later's house in December.
Shareef named him after his younger son, Talha. According to NIA, Obeidullah used to servi ..
Mohammed Shareed Moinuddin 54
The eldest among the group of 14 arrested by NIA, Shareef is a native of Hyderabad and studied up to class X. He also worked as an electrician in Saudi Arabia from 1980-97 at a company which had its headquarters at Syria. He came back to India in 1991 and started taking electrical wiring contracts in Andhra Pradesh. Shareef also admitted that he has given financial assistance to the families of terrorist who have been accused of triggering bomb blasts at Hyderabad.
According to NIA, Sha ..
According to NIA, Sha ..
According to NIA, Shareef regularly attended Takrir related to jehad and for past two years was in search of a person who can take him to ISIS. Father of six, Shareef came in contact with Nafees Khan in 2015 and invited the group for a meeting at his house in the month of December 2015. According to him, Nafees was declared as the ISIS chief in Telangana.
Nafees also demonstrated the making of IEDs at his house and also played a video of ISIS. NIA also seized literature on jehad and ISI ..
Nafees also demonstrated the making of IEDs at his house and also played a video of ISIS. NIA also seized literature on jehad and ISI ..
Mohammad Afzal 31
A diploma holder in electrical engineering, Afzal belongs to Bangalore. He has also done a bachelor of arts in English, Economics and history through correspondence in 2013. According to his interrogation details, Afzal first worked with BHEL in 1999 and later joined private firm in the capacity of component engineer.
While switching jobs, Afzal was at an onsite location at Saudi Arabia in 2005 where he remained for 14 months. ..
A diploma holder in electrical engineering, Afzal belongs to Bangalore. He has also done a bachelor of arts in English, Economics and history through correspondence in 2013. According to his interrogation details, Afzal first worked with BHEL in 1999 and later joined private firm in the capacity of component engineer.
While switching jobs, Afzal was at an onsite location at Saudi Arabia in 2005 where he remained for 14 months. ..
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