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India-origin man jailed in US for helping Qaida

India-born US citizen Ahmed Kauser Mohammed has been sentenced to 15 years in jail by a US court for providing thousands of dollars in material support to Al-Qaida and other terrorist organisations.



Washington, December 18

 
India-born US citizen Ahmed Kauser Mohammed has been sentenced to 15 years in jail by a US court for providing thousands of dollars in material support to Al-Qaida and other terrorist organisations.
 
Mohammed, 31, a resident of Saudi Arabia had pled guilty to an indictment charging him with conspiracy to provide money and recruits to al Qaida, AI Nusrah Front in Syria, and Al Shabaab in Somalia. 
 
According to charges, Mohammed sent a series of wire transfers to co-conspirator Mohamed Hussein Said for the purpose of supporting Al-Shabaab, and to an individual whom he believed was a terrorist fundraiser, recruiter, and supplier for the purpose of supporting al Qaida and Al Nusrah Front, the Justice Department said. — PTI

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