ATS has arrested terrorist Faizan, son of Hanif Sheikh associated with the banned organization Indian Mujahideen (IM) from Khandwa on Thursday morning, by raiding his residence Kanjar Mohalla, Saluja Colony Khandwa, said IG ATS Dr. Ashish at a press conference held at State Police Headquarters Bhopal today that Madhya Pradesh.
Crimes under Section 13 (1) (B), 18, 20, 38 of Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967 have been registered against him.
A large amount of Jihadi literature related to IM, ISIS and other terrorist organizations, 4 mobile phones, one pistol and 5 live cartridges, membership forms of SIMI organization have been seized from the terrorist. Jihadi literature, videos and photos of various terrorist organizations - Indian Mujahideen, ISIS, Jaish-e-Mohammed, Lashkar-e-Taiba etc. have also been found in the mobile phone and digital device seized from his possession.
The arrested terrorist has also been found to be in contact with members of the banned organization SIMI.
He was propagating the ideology of IM/ISIS by posting Jihadi posts related to Indian Mujahideen on his social media - Facebook ID. Along with this, videos of Mujahideen training camps running in Pakistan, speeches of Masood Azhar (Jaish-e-Mohammed) Lashkar-e-Taiba, story of Kandahar plane hijacking, statements of Mullah Omar and posts related to Ansar Ghazwa-tul-Hind (AGH) were being circulated through social media.
Faizan had planned to carry out a lone wolf attack, for which the security force personnel and their families were being monitored and reconnaissance was being done. By carrying out such an attack, he wanted to prove himself a great Mujahideen like Yasin Bhatkal of Indian Mujahideen and SIMI gang leader Abu Faisal. To execute his plan, he was collecting pistols and cartridges by contacting local illegal arms dealers and people from outside the state. In this case, further interrogation is being done by taking the accused on police remand and information about his other associates is also being sought.
ATS, Madhya Pradesh constantly keeps an eye on the activities of banned and radical organizations active in the state such as SIMI, PFI, ISIS, JMB, HuT, Al-Sufa, LWE (Maoist).
