3 Men Used Facebook, WhatsApp To Promote ISIS
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) today filed a chargesheet in a court against three accused, who were deported from the UAE for their alleged ISIS links, claiming that they were conspiring to carry out terror strikes in India and other countries.According to sources, the NIA chargesheeted the accused -- Sheikh Azhar Al Islam, Mohammad Farhan Shaikh and Adnan Hussain -- for allegedly supporting ISIS.The chargesheet was filed in the court of District Judge Amar Nath.The three suspects, along with other unidentified associates, were allegedly involved in a conspiracy to identify, motivate, radicalise, recruit and train Indian citizens, located in India and abroad, for planning and executing terror attacks, NIA has claimed.It alleged that they were in close contact with several active members of ISIS via internet, telephone and other means of communication in furtherance of its activities.The NIA alleged that the accused were conspiring to recruit of resident and non-resident Indians for ISIS activities.Adnan, who hails from Karnataka, Farhan who is from Maharashtra and Sheikh Azhar from Jammu and Kashmir were arrested on January 29 by NIA after being deported from the UAE.The trio were detained by NIA on arrival from the UAE at the IGI airport.
3 youths used Facebook, WhatsApp to promote Islamic State
New Delhi: Three youths, arrested for alleged links with Islamic State, were using social networking platforms like Facebook and WhatsApp to indulge in terrorist and anti-national activities, the National Investigation Agency (NIA) claimed in a charge sheet filed on Tuesday.The accused have been identified as Sheikh Azhar-ul- Islam (24), resident of Ganderbal in Jammu and Kashmir, Adnan Hassan (36), a native of Bhatkal in Karnataka, and Mohammad Farhan Shaikh (25), who hails from Mumbra, Maharashtra, it said.These accused were arrested on January 29 in Delhi by the NIA for their alleged involvement in promoting the ideology of IS, inciting others to join the outfit and indulging in terrorist and anti-national activities through Nimbuzz, Google Talk, Facebook, Whatsapp, Skype, Vkontakte, Kik, Twitter, Hangouts, Snapchat, YouTube, Viber, Wickr, Surespot, Google Drive and Telegram, the agency said.
Kashmir Separatists Turn to Facebook, WhatsApp in Fight Against India
Play FacebookTwitterGoogle PlusEmbed India and Pakistan Protest Kashmir's 'Black Day' 0:28 autoplay autoplay Copy this code to your website or blogThe battle for a violently-disputed region between India and Pakistan has been reignited by a new breed of protester who is switched on, connected and tweeting away.Kashmir has been the subject of fierce tug-of-war between Muslim-majority Pakistan and Hindu-majority India since the two nuclear-armed countries gained independence from Britain in 1947.The part that India controls, the state of Jammu and Kashmir, has grappled with a violent insurgency since the 1980s, with pro-Pakistan and separatist forces trying to break free from what they see as an occupation by New Delhi.
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