After arrest of 12 JeM terrorists, cleric Abdul Sami Qasmi's speeches being monitored

Security agencies are closely monitoring speeches of Abdul Sami Qasmi on the web. Sami was arrested earlier this year by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) and charged with conspiracy to form a terror organisation and launch terror attacks in the country. The police said the youths arrested by the special cell on Tuesday night were radicalised by showing speeches of Sami, a cleric from Delhi.

The investigator said, Mohammed Sajid, Sameer Ahmad and Shakir Ansari were influenced by Sami and had planned to meet him in December 2015 but failed. They came in contact through a social networking site where they initially communicated but soon they shifted to secured chat rooms. They had a WhatsApp group of their own and all 13 persons, of which three have been arrested and 10 detained for questioning.

Police also found books like Urdu and Hindi titles Mujahid ki Lalkar, Duniyabhar mein Musalmano ka Katle aam, Tareekh-e-Hind, Jihad ki Sabililah, Apka Mustakbil and hand-writted notes on verses from the Holy Quran in their possession, the official said.

Senior officers said the group was motivated by Sami's speeches. He has been travelling to states like UP, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Rajasthan and Punjab, delivering 'taqreer' and 'bayaan' in support of violent extremism and motivating youth for anti-national activities. Sami, in some of his speeches, made a direct reference to Islamic State, the officer said.

Sami is known for his fiery speeches and was instigating youth for anti-national activities. These speeches were later uploaded on his called www.abdussamiqazmi.in. The website stopped functioning after his arrest.

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