Suspected terrorist Rahul Sen alias Umar, associated with the Jharkhand module of ISIS, arrested from Ratlam district of Madhya Pradesh, was presented in the special court of NIA located at Ranchi Civil Court on Saturday. Now NIA will take Rahul Sen alias Umar on remand and interrogate him.
NIA had raided nine locations in several states on Thursday regarding the module of terrorist organization ISIS in Jharkhand. During the raid, NIA had arrested a suspect Rahul Sen alias Umar from Ratlam, Madhya Pradesh. ISIS related documents including laptop, pen drive, mobile phone were also recovered from him.
This module was formed with the aim of spreading terror in Jharkhand. In this case, a student of Aligarh Muslim University, east of Lohardaga, was arrested. In the month of July NIA had arrested a youth named Faizan from Lohardaga. While studying at AMU, Faizan came in contact with ISIS extremists and joined the organization. In this connection, Rahul Sen alias Umar alias Umar Bahadur was arrested after a raid on Thursday. Umar was in constant contact with Faizan, who worked for the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria. Like Faizan, Umar was also continuously carrying out terrorist activities through social media.
NIA had registered an FIR on July 19 regarding the Jharkhand ISIS module. Faizan Ansari was arrested on the same day. NIA investigation has revealed that 19-year-old Faizan Ansari had played an important role in the formation of the Jharkhand module. He was connecting people with ISIS through social media platforms. He also used to propagate the ideology of the terrorist organization. His plan was to carry out terrorist acts by involving youth in ISIS. According to NIA officials, NIA conducted raids in Bihar's Siwan, Uttar Pradesh's Jaunpur, Azamgarh, Maharajganj, Madhya Pradesh's Ratlam, Punjab's Ludhiana, South Goa, Karnataka's Yadgir and Mumbai. The agency also found videos related to ISIS during the raid.