ISIS India recruits: A techie, a businessman and a 'heartbroken' teen
The three ISIS operatives - Mohammad Abdul Ahad, Mohammad Afzal and Ashiq Ahmad alias Raja - told the NIA that they were directed to create trouble during protests triggered across the country after JNU student leader Kanhaiya Kumar's arrest.
In Short
- The three ISIS recruits wanted to create trouble during JNU protests
- 19-yr-old Ashik Ahmed turned to ISIS after being rejected by the Hindu girl he loved
- ISIS wanting to expand its base in India
Recent media reports claimed that Islamic State (ISIS) recruits in India wanted to wreak havoc in the country taking advantage of the student movement that broke out in several cities after the arrest of JNU student union president Kanhaiya Kumar.
Three ISIS recruits were handed over the job to use the students' stir to create further trouble. The sinister plan was revealed by the three ISIS operatives - Mohammad Abdul Ahad, Mohammad Afzal and Ashiq Ahmad alias Raja.
But details about the background of these terror recruits will shock you even more.
Mohammed Abdul Ahad: The guy who wanted to help poor
Ahad, 46, has a masters degree in Science from US. He has worked in US, Singapore, Saudi Arabia and the UAE. Ahad always wanted to help the poor belonging to his community and was involved in philanthropy through the web. But the door to ISIS opened for him when he went for a meet of 'mujahids' in Tumakuru, Karnataka. The meeting he thought would be on Zakat or tax for poor. But Ahad soon found out that he was wrong.
It was after several rounds of meeting, the real structure of ISIS emerged and Ahad realised the main agenda of his 'managers'.
ISIS' India wing - Junud al Khalifa-e-Hind (JKH) was looking to expand its team and have more people on board. There was need for an Amer and a second in command and his own team. But Mohammed Abdul Ahad was not happy with the fact that poor were not being helped, investigators said.
Mohammad Afzal: The techie
Mohammed Afzal, 35, did his diploma in electrical and electronics engineerng from IHS, Bengaluru. Afzal got in touch with a Mujahid and went to Tumakuru to attend a gathering where he met Ahad and other set of youngsters. But he soon realised that something was wrong.
Afzal told the investigators that he broke away from the ISIS on the pretext that he has family and business to look after.
Ashik Ahmed: The 'loverboy'
Ashik Ahmed's story is the most interesting of the lot. The 19-year-old fell in love with a Hindu girl.
However, the girl as well as her family rejected him. Dejected, Ashik decided to join ISIS. He soon won the trust of top ISIS handler Shafi Armar. But his arrest earlier this year, nipped his rise within ranks of ISIS.
(The report is based on the statements of the three recruits recorded by the NIA under Section 164 of CRPC. This will be an important part of the NIA chargesheet.)
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