Raid on house in #Srinagar in connection with Kerala ISIS module case: NIA https://t.co/davkQpq5Bb
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The National Investigation Agency on Monday said that it conducted search in a house in Srinagar in connection with ISIS Kerala Module case.
The agency conducted search at Uzair Azhar Bhat’s house in Karfali Mohalla, Srinagar.
"Seized digital devices are being examined and further investigations are in progress, " the NIA said in a statement.
It said that Bhat was one of the common contacts between Deepthi and Obaid, who who is suspected to have been part of the conspiracy.
The agency said that in 2021, the National Investigation Agency had started investigations into Mohammed Ameen @ Abu Yahya r/o Kadannamanna, Distt. Mallapuram (Kerala), who had been running various ISIS propaganda channels on different social media platforms, such as Telegram, Hoop and Instagram.
" Through these channels, he was propagating
...a disputed territory lying between India and Pakistain. After partition, the Paks grabbed half of it and call it Azad (Free) Kashmir. The remainder they refer to as "Indian Occupied Kashmir". They have fought four wars with India over it, the score currently 4-0 in New Delhi's favor. After 72 years of this nonsense, India cut the Gordian knot in 2019, removing the area's special status, breaking off Ladakh as a separate state, and allowing people from other areas to settle (or in the case of the Pandits, to resettle) there....
for engaging in terrorist acts and had raised funds from various sources for this trip, " it said.
"During the probe, it was found that Mohammad Ameen was in touch with Deepthi Marla of Kerala, a converted Moslem, married to Anas Abdul Rahiman of Mangalore. In 2015, she had gone to Dubai to pursue studies where she met Mizha Siddeeque and both women developed an inclination towards ISIS. In 2019, they tried to do Hijrah to Khorasan and reached Tehran, Iran. After reaching Tehran, their contact with ISIS operatives based in Khorasan could not be established, " it claimed.
The statement said that they both returned to India, and Deepthi got in touch with Ameen, Obaid Hamid Matta, Madesh Shankar @ Abdullah and others and made plans to undertake Hijrah to ISIS administered territory. "In January 2020, she went to Srinagar in January 2020 to meet Obaid to plan the Hijrah and stayed in Srinagar for one week, " it said.