Mumbai: A key suspect within the ISIS Chhatrapati Sambhaji Nagar ‘terror’ module, Mohammad Zoheb Khan, has revealed a number of essential items of data throughout interrogation, Nationwide Investigation Company (NIA) officers have claimed.
Based on sources, the NIA recognized Zoheb’s Afghanistan-based ISIS handler as Abu Ahmad. Throughout its investigation, the company discovered that Zoheb had recorded a video pledging allegiance to ISIS and shared it with Ahmad. He was concerned in ISIS recruitment programmes and maintained contact with sleeper cells in India, the officers claimed.
Throughout questioning, Zoheb allegedly revealed that his brother, Shoaib, had already joined ISIS. Shoaib had shared Ahmad’s social media ID with him over Telegram app, he stated.
Greater than 35 pretend profiles
Based on the sources, Zoheb created greater than 35 pretend profiles with the identical password to attach along with his handler and to recruit and radicalise younger people on social media. The investigation additionally discovered that after every dialog, Zoheb would delete name logs, in addition to audio, video, and textual content and social media messages.
The investigation revealed that Zoheb had two brothers. One, Mohammad Sharik Khan, lives in Doha, working as a civil engineer. The opposite, Shoaib, is at present one in every of India’s most-wanted terrorists, believed to be in Libya. Relations describe Shoaib as a scholar and college professor in Libya, emphasising that he has not returned to India for a number of years and isn’t related to any terrorist group.
Shoaib’s affiliation with ISIS in Libya
The NIA claims to have confirmed Shoaib’s affiliation with ISIS in Libya and his standing as a wished particular person by a number of central companies. Shoaib is thought to keep up a correspondence with Zoheb.
Based on the companies, they’ve discovered a number of hyperlinks between Zoheb’s sister-in-law with ISIS. She at present lives in Dubai.
Based on the sources, Zoheb was in contact along with his handler to additional the actions of the fear community. He was reportedly planning to maneuver to Afghanistan to hitch the ISIS Khorasan module. Zoheb had utilized for a passport and was planning to depart India. Nevertheless, his passport course of was delayed because the native police had some queries about his verification. He had been pursuing the native police for verification for the previous few months.
Zoheb’s lawyer Vansant Prabhu, nevertheless, acknowledged that Zoheb was not linked with any terror outfit and was planning to journey legally to Afghanistan. He has already contacted the Indian and Afghanistan embassies for this objective, Prabhu stated.