The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Tuesday arrested two ISIS operatives — Mizha Siddeeque and Shifa Harris — in connection with ISIS Kerala module case.
The arrested accused persons are residents of Kannur district in Kerala.
The NIA had registered a suo moto case under sections Indian Penal Code sections relating to criminal conspiracy and waging war against the nation among others besides relevant provisions of the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act on March 5 this year in a case relating to terrorist activities of one Mohammed Ameen alias Abu Yahya of Kerala and his associates, the NIA said in a statement.
Yahya and his cohorts have been running various ISIS propaganda channels on different social media platforms such as Telegram, Hoop and Instagram for propagating the violent Jihadi ideology of ISIS and radicalising and recruiting new members for the ISIS module, it further said.
“Investigation has revealed that accused Mizha Siddeeque is affiliated with ISIS. She had travelled to Tehran along with her associates to join ISIS in Syria. On instructions of accused Mohammed Ameen, she had created a page on Instagram to propagate, motivate, radicalise and recruit gullible Muslim youth for ISIS. She had also radicalized other accused in the case namely her cousin Mus’Hab Anwar, Shifa Harris and was motivating them to join ISIS,” it further said.
Shifa Haris alias Ayesha has affiliation with ISIS and on directions of accused Mus’Hab Anwar and Mizha, she had transferred funds to Mohammad Waqar Lone alias Wilson Kashmiri for supporting ISIS activities. Shifa was willing to perform Hijra to ISIS controlled territory for joining ISIS, it added.