NIA arrests 3 ISIS militants in Anantnag district

New Delhi, July 12

The NIA today said it had arrested three ISIS militants from Anantnag district in connection with the ISIS Voice of Hind case. The accused, Umar Nisar, Tanveer Ahmad Bhat and Rameez Ahmad, hail from Anantnag. The NIA had registered the case on June 29 in connection with the conspiracy of the terrorist organisation to radicalise and recruit youth to wage violent attacks against India.

The agency recovered incriminating documents, digital devices and T-shirts with ISIS logo after it searched their premises on Sunday. “An India-Centric online propaganda magazine — the Voice of Hind — is published on monthly basis with an aim to incite and radicalise impressionable youth,” a senior NIA official said. The accused had been using cyberspace to propagate the inciting material, he added. — TNS