NIA arrests three cadres from Kashmir in ISIS Voice of Hind case

New Delhi, July 12

The NIA arrested three ISIS cadres in ISIS Voice of Hind (VOH) case. 

The accused were identified as Umar Nisar,  Tanveer Ahmad Bhat and Rameez Ahmad Lone all from Anantnag district.

The case was registered by NIA on in June under sections 124A, 153A, &153B of IPC and sections 17, 18, 18B, 38, 39 &40 of UA(P) Act 1967  in connection with the conspiracy of the proscribed terrorist organization ISIS to radicalize and recruit impressionable youth in India to wage violent jihad against the Indian State. 

ISIS terrorists operating from various conflict zones along with ISIS cadres in India, by assuming pseudo- online identities, have created a network wherein ISIS related propaganda material is disseminated for radicalizing and recruiting members to the fold of ISIS. In this connection an India-Centric online propaganda magazine ‘the Voice of Hind’ (VOH) is published on monthly basis with an aim to incite and radicalize impressionable youth. 

The NIA had earlier conducted searches at the premises of the arrested accused and recovered large number of incriminating documents, multiple digital devices and T-shirts with ISIS logo. 

The officials stated that the examination of the seized material and examination of the accused persons revealed that they are active cadres of ISIS and have been using the cyberspace to propagate inciting material by the online magazine (VOH). 

The NIA conducted searches July 12 at two more locations in Anantnag district in which a number of digital devices and other materials have been seized. 

The NIA is further investigating the case. continues.