ISIS wanted to infiltrate Kanhaiya’s JNU stir: NIA - Islamic State (ISIS) recruits

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Islamic State (ISIS) recruits in India wanted to take advantage of the student movement that broke out in several cities after the arrest of JNU student union president Kanhaiya Kumar.

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On February 19, when Kanhaiya was in Tihar jail on sedition charges and students of several universities were holding demonstrations demanding his release, ISIS's Ahmad Ali asked 19-year-old Ashiq Ahmad alias Raja of Hooghly, West Bengal, to infiltrate the movement and burn vehicles and oil tankers using petrol.

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This has been revealed in the statements of three recruits of India's ISIS wing — Junud al Khalifa-e-Hind (JKH) — Ashiq Ahmad alias Raja, Mohammad Abdul Ahad and Mohammad Afzal.

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The NIA says the idea was to further agitate the students so that it creates disorder in the country.

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Their statements, made under Section 164 of CrPC, was exclusively accessed by TOI . The statements of three IS members have been recorded for the first time by any agency. Their testimony proves the creation of JKH and their meetings in Tumukur and Bengaluru (Karnataka), West Bengal and Punjab.

In This Pic : Kanhaiya Kumar

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