New Delhi: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Tuesday arrested two women who are operatives of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (Daesh) from Kannur in connection with the Daesh Kerala module case.
The accused are identified as Mizha Siddeeque and Shifa Harris, both are residents of district Kannur.
The two women are accused of creating pages on Instagram and other social networking sites to propagate, motivate, radicalize and recruit gullible Muslim youth for Daesh, said NIA in a statement.
The NIA had registered a suo-moto case under sections various Indian Penal Code (IPC) sections, Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act on March 5 this year pertaining to terrorist activities of one Mohammed Ameen alias Abu Yahya, resident of Kerala, and his associates.
"Ameen and his other associates have been running various Daesh propaganda channels on different social media platforms such as Telegram, Hoop and Instagram for propagating the violent jihadi ideology of Daesh and radicalizing and recruiting new members for the Daesh module," said the NIA.
The investigation has revealed that Mizha Siddeeque is affiliated with Daesh. She had travelled to Tehran along with her associates to join Daesh in Syria.
On instructions of Ameen, the NIA said, Mizha Siddeeque had created a page on Instagram to propagate, motivate, radicalise and recruit gullible Muslim youth for Daesh.
She had also radicalized other accused in the case namely her cousin Mus'Hab Anwar, Shifa Harris and was motivating them to join Daesh.
Shifa Harris alias Ayesha has an affiliation with Daesh and on directions of accused Mus'Hab Anwar and Mizha. She had transferred funds to Mohammad Waqar Lone alias Wilson Kashmiri for supporting Daesh activities. She was willing to perform Hijra to Daesh-controlled territory for joining Daesh.
Further investigation in the matter is underway.
