NIA has recently arrested people having terror links. A Chennai based banker and a rice merchant from Bengaluru are the latest persons to be captured by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) for allegedly radicalizing members of an Islamic state module based in Karnataka. They have moreover been arrested for raising funds to facilitate the travel of radicalized youths to Syria.
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According to a press release from the NIA which arrested the men on Tuesday, Ahamed Abdul Cader (40) is from Ramanathapuram and Irfan Nasir (33) is from Frazer town in Bengaluru. Ahmed worked as a business analyst in a Chennai bank and he along with Irfan were members of the Hizb-ut-Tahrir. It is a fundamentalist political system whose fixed purpose is the re-establishment of the Islamic Caliphate. They had, along with associates, formed a group called 'Quran Circle' which allegedly radicalized gullible Muslim youth and funded their visit to Syria to aid and assist terrorists.
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During the probe, the NIA found that several of the accused's associates have traveled to Syria. A case has been registered under sections 120B (criminal conspiracy) of IPC & Section 17, 18 & 18B of UA (P) Act against the accused persons for having affiliation with the banned terrorist organization ISIS/ISIL/Daesh and for entering into a conspiracy to radicalize and motivate Muslim youth of Bengaluru to join ISIS, and for raising funds to facilitate their travel to Syria. "Searches were conducted at the premises of Ahamed Abdul Cader & Irfan Nasir in Gurupana Palaya and Frazer Town in Bengaluru on October 7. During searches, incriminating material and electronic devices have been seized,” said the release.
