NIA arrests AMU student, UP ATS picks up two Bangladeshis

Saharanpur, July 21: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has detained Faizan Ansari, a 19-year-old Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) student, for providing assistance to ISIS. The Uttar Pradesh Anti-Terrorist Squad (UP ATS) apprehended two Bangladeshi citizens in Saharanpur.

 

 

 

The pair was residing in the district while impersonating Indian citizens using false passports. Habibullah Misbah, 26, and Ahmadullah, 35, have been recognized.

 

According to NIA sources, searches were conducted on July 16 and 17 at Faizan's residence in Jharkhand's Lohardaga district and a leased room in Aligarh, where various electronic devices and incriminating materials/documents were confiscated.

 

 

"Faizan had planned a criminal conspiracy using social media with his friends and other unidentified people to promote ISIS activities in India and spread the group's message on various social media platforms. According to the NIA, the conspiracy's goal was to carry out brutal terrorist strikes in India on behalf of ISIS.

 

According to investigations, Faizan and his companions had sworn loyalty to the Islamic State. He was also aggressively recruiting neo-converts to join the terrorist cause and radicalizing them in order to strengthen the cadre base of ISIS in India.

 

The ATS recovered a SIM card, two mobile chips, a photocopy of an Aadhaar card, photocopy of fee receipt of Passport Seva Kendra, photocopy of affidavit made on Rs 10 stamp, a photocopy of a ration card, voter ID card of Bangladesh government, photocopy of Fino Bank Passbook, photocopy of Dutch Bangla Bank, birth Certificate (Assam), photocopy of PAN Card, photocopy of Letter Madrasa Al Jamiatul Islamia Khanka-e-Madani (Urdu Language) and Rs 1,700 from the possession of Habibullah and from Ahmadullah, they found a mobile phone, two SIM cards, a Bangladeshi passport, an Indian voter ID card, a PAN card and Rs 1,230.

 

Prashant Kumar, Special Director General of Law and Order, stated that during preliminary interrogation, the couple admitted that they were Bangladeshi citizens who had crossed the border illegally.

 

"The receipt of an Indian residence certificate and identity card, as well as a Bangladeshi passport and voter ID card, demonstrates their intention to stay in India permanently."

 

"Information about their helpers in creating such identity cards is being sought," Kumar explained.