Jahanjeb Sami & his wife Hina Bashir Beg were arrested from Delhi’s Jamia Nagar are alleged to have links to the ISIS’s Khorasan module.
New Delhi| A couple hailing from Kashmir was arrested on Sunday in south Delhi’s Okhla Vihar near Jamia Nagar for alleged links with the Islamic State-Khorasan Province (ISKP) a module of ISIS, instigating protests against the Citizenship (Amendment) Act, and spreading hatred against India and between communities in the country, Delhi Police said.
The two, 36-year-old Jahanzaib Sami and his 39-year-old wife Hina Bashir Beigh, were booked for sedition and promoting enmity between different communities under Sections 124A and 153A of the Indian Penal Code, and under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA), deputy commissioner of police (special cell) Pramod Kumar Kushwah said.
“A couple, Jahanjeb Sami and Hina Bashir Beigh linked to Khorasan Module of ISIS were apprehended from Jamia Nagar, Okhla. The couple was instigating anti-CAA protests,” said Kushwaha.
“Promoting the Islamic State’s ideology of hatred, they were inciting Muslims to take up the violent struggle against the state. The couple was also involved in instigating protests against the amended citizenship law,’ Kushwah said.
Interrogation has revealed that they had created several anonymous accounts on popular social media platforms like Facebook, Instagram, Twitter etc. to promote the ideology of the banned ISIS, Kushwah said.
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They were also circulating material against the government for enacting the Citizenship (Amendment) Act, the officer said.
Informed sources told ANI that Sami came under scanner due to his activities on cyberspace which revealed his intention to carry out suicide attacks in the country. He was in “association with senior ISKP members in Afghanistan”. He was earlier also in contact with Khurasan-based Huzaifa Bakistani (Amir of Wilaya Hind who has since been killed).
Sami also revealed he was trying to arrange firearms and ammunitions for his planned activities against the CAA. Sami told Police that he was actively involved in the propagation of recently published IS magazine ‘Sawt al-Hind’ (Voice of India) in the month of February 2020.
Sami has also revealed that one of his close associates, Khattab, was in fact Abdullah Basith who is currently lodged in Tihar jail as an undertrial in ISIS-related cases.
Meanwhile, his wife Hina was also active on pro-IS social media platforms under the name of Catijah al Kashmiri/Hannabee and played a role of facilitator in spotting talents on cyberspace and further motivating them.
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