3 ISIS operatives arrested by NIA in Kashmir in Voice of Hind Case

Srinagar: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has arrested three alleged ISIS (Islamic State of Iraq and Syria) 0peratives in the ISIS Voice of Hind Case.

The arrests were made during searches at multiple locations in J&K.

A spokesman of the NIA said they conducted searches at eight locations in Srinagar and Anantnag districts and arrested Tawheed Latief alias Limon of Mughal, Karahagar, Chattabal, Srinagar, Suhail Ahmad of Solina Payeen Shergari, Srinagar and Afshan Parvez of Anzimar Khanyar, Srinagar.

He said investigation has further revealed that the arrested accused were associated with Pakistan and Afghanistan based foreign ISIS operatives.

“Certain other associates of arrested accused based in Kashmir are involved in on-ground and online activities of ISIS, including in content creation and translation of India centric ISIS propaganda magazine Voice of Hind,” it added.

He said NIA had received information that proscribed terrorist organization ISIS has hatched a conspiracy to radicalize and recruit impressionable Muslim youth in India to wage violent Jihad against the Indian state and in order to execute its nefarious plan an organized campaign has been launched over the cyber space which is supplemented by on ground terror financing activities.

“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 radicalizing and recruiting members into ISIS fold. NIA had registered a case FIR No. RC-14/2021/NIA/DLI dated 29.06.2021 and taken up the investigation. NIA had earlier arrested four accused persons in the case,” the spokesman said.

The spokesman said searches in the case on Sunday led to recovery and seizure of a number of incriminating documents and digital devices such as mobile phones, tablets, laptop and hard disks.

The NIA said the investigation in the case continues. (UNI)