NEW DELHI: A two-member crew of National Investigation Agency (NIA) visited Manila remaining week to question a notorious woman recruiter of the Islamic State (IS) terror crew who radicalised several Indians within the remaining three years via social media.
During her questioning, which came about from April 24 to 27, 32-year-old Karen Aisha Hamidon equipped important clues about Indians who're involved with ISIS and the ones spreading the phobia crew's schedule on-line, said assets.
TOI had first reported on October 21 + remaining yr that Karen, whose identify is discussed in NIA chargesheet as an “on-line motivator”, was arrested via the Phillipines’ National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) at the basis of data equipped via NIA.
Hamidon, widow of Philippines-based terrorist chief Mohammad Jafaar Maquid, received world notoriety in 2016 when Indian companies discovered that she used Facebook, Telegram channels and WhatsApp teams to recruit 'foreign warring parties' from India and different nations like he US, the UK, India, the UAE, Argentina, Australia, Bangladesh.
Since then, she is sought after via intelligence companies of over a dozen nations.
Three Indian ISIS operatives — Mohammad Sirajuddin, an Indian Oil Corporation supervisor; Mohammad Naseer, a 23-year-old laptop engineer from Tamil Nadu; and Adnan Hasan, a resident of Bhatkal in Karnataka — had claimed that they were influenced via Karen.
According to NIA, she managed massive on-line teams — "IslamQ&A" and "Ummah Affairs" — the place IS individuals shared Caliphate's ideology and jihadi subject matter and expressed a want to commute to the territory.
“She has given names of several different Indians who were in touch together with her and different recruiters/motivators of ISIS active within the virtual global,” said a source.
Sources added that NBI has additionally shared paperwork and articles recovered from her place of abode and hideouts in Manila.
"The investigators of Phillipines have even shared their investigation details, which will help us connect the dots on other ISIS suspects based in India," said an reputable.
“The questioning of Sirajuddin, Naseer and Hasan and data retrieved from the virtual devices seized from them on the time of their arrest had published that Karen, a resident of MB-13 Unit-105 BCDA, Pamayanang Diego Shilang Village Barangay Ususan, C-5 Road Taguig City, 1639 Metro Manila, Philippines, used cellular numbers +639300183542 and +639165017304 and she was one of the vital active ISIS operative based in Philippines between 2014 and December 2015. She was running different Facebook pages, WhatsApp teams and Telegram channels for motivating, radicalizing and instigating her on-line buddies from different nations including India to fight on behalf of ISIS in warfare zones. She was additionally in telephonic contacts with many different Indian nationals,” said NIA spokesperson Alok Mittal.
“The questioning of Karen has ended in confirmation of several facts published all over the investigation and in addition equipped important leads about her buddies in India, who were active on-line, to propagate the ideology of the ISIS and in addition about a couple of Indians residing out of the country who've helped her financially. The leads acquired are being investigated,” said Mittal.
After her arrest remaining yr, Karen had claimed prior to the dep. of justice in Manila that she was being “framed”.
She claimed that she was only a “blogger” and a “Muslim missionary” against whom false accusations have been levelled via police.
“I'm into journalistic articles, composition, and a writer ... I'm an Islamic propagator, I'm a Muslim missionary, the counterpart of a Christian missionary. I most effective use the social media as my road to unfold the message of Islam for spiritual functions, for optimum audiences,” she had said then. “They (police) have already sensationalised my tale because I have reached the pinnacle of world notoriety with the use of the social media,” she added.
During her questioning, which came about from April 24 to 27, 32-year-old Karen Aisha Hamidon equipped important clues about Indians who're involved with ISIS and the ones spreading the phobia crew's schedule on-line, said assets.
TOI had first reported on October 21 + remaining yr that Karen, whose identify is discussed in NIA chargesheet as an “on-line motivator”, was arrested via the Phillipines’ National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) at the basis of data equipped via NIA.
Hamidon, widow of Philippines-based terrorist chief Mohammad Jafaar Maquid, received world notoriety in 2016 when Indian companies discovered that she used Facebook, Telegram channels and WhatsApp teams to recruit 'foreign warring parties' from India and different nations like he US, the UK, India, the UAE, Argentina, Australia, Bangladesh.
Since then, she is sought after via intelligence companies of over a dozen nations.
Three Indian ISIS operatives — Mohammad Sirajuddin, an Indian Oil Corporation supervisor; Mohammad Naseer, a 23-year-old laptop engineer from Tamil Nadu; and Adnan Hasan, a resident of Bhatkal in Karnataka — had claimed that they were influenced via Karen.
According to NIA, she managed massive on-line teams — "IslamQ&A" and "Ummah Affairs" — the place IS individuals shared Caliphate's ideology and jihadi subject matter and expressed a want to commute to the territory.
“She has given names of several different Indians who were in touch together with her and different recruiters/motivators of ISIS active within the virtual global,” said a source.
Sources added that NBI has additionally shared paperwork and articles recovered from her place of abode and hideouts in Manila.
"The investigators of Phillipines have even shared their investigation details, which will help us connect the dots on other ISIS suspects based in India," said an reputable.
“The questioning of Sirajuddin, Naseer and Hasan and data retrieved from the virtual devices seized from them on the time of their arrest had published that Karen, a resident of MB-13 Unit-105 BCDA, Pamayanang Diego Shilang Village Barangay Ususan, C-5 Road Taguig City, 1639 Metro Manila, Philippines, used cellular numbers +639300183542 and +639165017304 and she was one of the vital active ISIS operative based in Philippines between 2014 and December 2015. She was running different Facebook pages, WhatsApp teams and Telegram channels for motivating, radicalizing and instigating her on-line buddies from different nations including India to fight on behalf of ISIS in warfare zones. She was additionally in telephonic contacts with many different Indian nationals,” said NIA spokesperson Alok Mittal.
“The questioning of Karen has ended in confirmation of several facts published all over the investigation and in addition equipped important leads about her buddies in India, who were active on-line, to propagate the ideology of the ISIS and in addition about a couple of Indians residing out of the country who've helped her financially. The leads acquired are being investigated,” said Mittal.
After her arrest remaining yr, Karen had claimed prior to the dep. of justice in Manila that she was being “framed”.
She claimed that she was only a “blogger” and a “Muslim missionary” against whom false accusations have been levelled via police.
“I'm into journalistic articles, composition, and a writer ... I'm an Islamic propagator, I'm a Muslim missionary, the counterpart of a Christian missionary. I most effective use the social media as my road to unfold the message of Islam for spiritual functions, for optimum audiences,” she had said then. “They (police) have already sensationalised my tale because I have reached the pinnacle of world notoriety with the use of the social media,” she added.
NIA questions ISIS female recruiter Karen Aisha Hamidon in Manila
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