Videos hint at Kalyan man’s ISIS link: Cops
The Maharashtra Anti-Terrorism Squad on Sunday said that they have stumbled upon some important evidence to prove the involvement of 35-year-old Kalyan-based businessman Adil Dolare in radicalizing the four young Kalyan men and sending them to Iraq to fight for Sunni insurgents ISIS.
The ATS has recovered several evidence from Dolare’s house that further clarifies his role. “Clips from several ISIS videos directed at the Muslims of India have been found. One of the clips claims that Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the self-appointed leader of the Sunni insurgent group, will soon come to India and all Muslims should be ready to support his cause. We are gathering more evidence against Dolare before making the final move,” said an ATS officer, who did not wish to be named.
Dolare, who runs a dry fruits business and works as a volunteer at the Islamic Guidance Centre, was booked by the ATS last week for the violation of immigration rules and not telling the agencies about the visit of Afghan national Mohammed Rateb, who had in his immigration declaration said that he would be staying with Dolare, but ended up staying at a hotel in Kalyan. A senior ATS officer said, “The Afghan national, Mohammed Rateb, had come to Mumbai 10 days ago. In his declaration to the immigration department, he had said that he would be staying with Dolare and he had also vouched for Rateb’s good behaviour.”
ATS chief Himagshu Roy said, “We are examining the complicity of both the accused – Rateb and Dolare – in indoctrination activities.”
Dolare had earlier said that he knew the four boys who went to Iraq because they visited the Islamic Guidance Centre, where he works as a volunteer. He, however, said he had not interacted with them much.
The ATS has been keeping a close watch on the movements of some people in Kalyan, who they think can be associated with the movement and could have radicalised the four boys – Arif Majeed, Fahad Shaikh, Saheen Tanki and Amaan Tandel. A fortnight ago, Tanki’s family members had received a call from their son who told them that Majeed had died during an US airstrike on the border of Iraq and Syria.
The ATS has recovered several evidence from Dolare’s house that further clarifies his role. “Clips from several ISIS videos directed at the Muslims of India have been found. One of the clips claims that Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the self-appointed leader of the Sunni insurgent group, will soon come to India and all Muslims should be ready to support his cause. We are gathering more evidence against Dolare before making the final move,” said an ATS officer, who did not wish to be named.
Dolare, who runs a dry fruits business and works as a volunteer at the Islamic Guidance Centre, was booked by the ATS last week for the violation of immigration rules and not telling the agencies about the visit of Afghan national Mohammed Rateb, who had in his immigration declaration said that he would be staying with Dolare, but ended up staying at a hotel in Kalyan. A senior ATS officer said, “The Afghan national, Mohammed Rateb, had come to Mumbai 10 days ago. In his declaration to the immigration department, he had said that he would be staying with Dolare and he had also vouched for Rateb’s good behaviour.”
However, cops later found out that Rateb had gone against his declaration and was staying in Hotel Raja in Kalyan. The police now suspect that Rateb was the one who had radicalised the four Kalyan boys who had joined ISIS after Dolare introduced them to him. The cops, who are now doing a background check on Rateb, also believe that he is a part of the terror organisation and was in Mumbai recently in search of new volunteers.
ATS chief Himagshu Roy said, “We are examining the complicity of both the accused – Rateb and Dolare – in indoctrination activities.”
Dolare had earlier said that he knew the four boys who went to Iraq because they visited the Islamic Guidance Centre, where he works as a volunteer. He, however, said he had not interacted with them much.
The ATS has been keeping a close watch on the movements of some people in Kalyan, who they think can be associated with the movement and could have radicalised the four boys – Arif Majeed, Fahad Shaikh, Saheen Tanki and Amaan Tandel. A fortnight ago, Tanki’s family members had received a call from their son who told them that Majeed had died during an US airstrike on the border of Iraq and Syria.
