The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Tuesday filed a chargesheet against two hardcore ISIS members involved in promoting the proscribed outfit's terrorist activities.
The NIA filed the chargesheet against Md. Saddam alias Mohammad Saddam and Abdul Rakib Qureshi alias Qureshi in the ISIS STF Kolkata case before the NIA Court in Kolkata.
They have been chargesheeted under provisions of the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act and relevant sections of the Indian Penal Code (IPC). The duo was arrested by STF Kolkata on January 6 this year for hatching a conspiracy against the Government of India by amassing arms, ammunition, and explosives, and recruiting Muslim youth for carrying out terrorist activities for the ISIS in India and abroad.
STF Kolkata had initially registered an FIR. The NIA took over the case a month later on February 6.
"A large quantity of incriminating materials, used for propaganda and radicalisation on behalf of the ISIS, was seized from the two accused. They had been using this material to recruit and train impressionable Muslim youth into the ISIS fold, as the investigations by NIA have revealed. Abdul Rakib Qureshi was also convicted earlier for life in a UAPA case for his acts of terror and association with SIMI, another proscribed organisation," the NIA said in a statement.
Md. Saddam entered into a criminal conspiracy with Abdul Rakib Qureshi to recruit people, target prominent personalities and also to send the recruits abroad for executing ISIS-led terror actions and activities. The duo used various encrypted social media platforms for communication, in order to hide their terror related activities and evade detection by the law enforcement agencies, the agency added.