Since the Ramadan of 2017, these terrorists from Tamil Nadu planned a violent Jihad
India
Published: Sunday, January 24, 2021, 8:59 [IST]
New Delhi, Jan 24: Since the Ramadan of 2017, several meetings were organised in Tamil Nadu in which plans were made to undertake violent Jihad, the National Investigation Agency has said.
File Photo of Sri Lankan ISIS/ Daish leader Zahran Hashim
In its chargesheet filed against 10 persons, the NIA said these terrorists had formed a Jihadi gang called Shahadat is our Goal. The probe into the case revealed that the accused persons were radicalised by violent jihadi ideology.
The prime accused Sheik Dawood and Mohamed Rifas had conspired with co-accused and organised meetings at various places in Tamil Nadu, since Ramadan, 2017, with the intention of radicalising and recruiting the co-accused and others for shahadat (getting themselves killed) to establish Islamic rule in India.
Updated Jan 23, 2021 | 16:12 IST
The investigation in the case has established that the charge-sheeted accused persons were radicalised by violent jihadi ideology. Representational Image | Photo Credit: PTI
New Delhi: The NIA on Saturday filed a chargesheet against ten terrorists belonging to a radical group ‘shahadat is our goal’.
The investigation in the case has established that the charge-sheeted accused persons were radicalised by violent jihadi ideology.
The probe agency said that the prime accused Sheik Dawood and Mohamed Rifas had conspired with co-accused and organised meetings at various places in Tamil Nadu, since Ramadan, 2017, with the intention of radicalising and recruiting the co-accused and others for shahadat (getting themselves killed) to establish Islamic rule in India.
Videos and speeches of Sri Lankan Islamic State leader Zahran Hashim were used by jihadi gang Shahadat is our Goal to radicalise youths in Tamil Nadu during 2017-2018 calling for violent jihad to liberate their associates lodged in .
NIA Files Charge Sheet Against Ten Terrorists Of Jihadi Outfit Shahadat Is Our Goal
NIA
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has filed a charge sheet in a Chennai NIA court against ten terrorists of a Jihadi outfit Shahadat is our goal for alleged conspiracy to establish Islamic rule in India, the anti-terror probe agency said in a statement on Saturday (23 January).
The charge sheet has been filed against ten accused namely Sheik Dawood, Mohamed Rifas, Muparish Ahamed, Abubakar Siddiq, Ahamed Imithiyas, Mohamed Rashid, Hameed Asfar, Liyakath Ali, Sajith Ahamed, Rizwan Mohammed under sections 120B, 153A, 121A and 122 of IPC, sections 13 and 18 of UA (P) Act and section 25(1)(a) of Arms Act.
Updated Jan 21, 2021 | 23:16 IST
Searches were conducted by the NIA at the premises of the accused in May 2019 and Rashid was identified as an active member of the terrorist gang, the official said. Representational image | Photo Credit: PTI
Chennai: The NIA on Thursday arrested an active member of a jihadi gang, Shahadat is our Goal , from Tamil Nadu for his alleged involvement in a conspiracy of waging a violent jihad in the southern state as part of efforts to establish Shariah, an official said.
Mohammed Rashid, 25, from Tamil Nadu s Cuddalore district, was arrested and produced before a special NIA court in Chennai, which sent him to judicial custody, the official said.