IS Wanted To Set Up Sleeper Cells Across The Country
IS wanted to set up sleeper cells across the country, arrested terrorists Jufri and Amin spew sensational secrets.
The Islamic State (IS) was busy preparing sleeper cells and an army of fanatical supporters across India. This secret is uncovered in the interrogation of the arrested terrorists of IS.
According to the NIA, these terrorists did not have any immediate plan to carry out an incident in the country, but they were working under a long plan of action.
He was in constant touch with his masters operating on the Pakistan and Afghanistan border.
NIA busted.
It is to be noted that the module of IS, which brought out an online magazine by the name of ‘Voice of Hind’, was exposed by the NIA.
In this connection, Jufri Jauhar Damudi and his associate Amin Zuhaib were arrested from Bhatkal in Karnataka on Friday. Jufri Jauhar Damudi changed his identity to Abu Hajir Al Badri.
Attempt to set up a sleeper cell in the country.
According to highly placed sources of NIA, no explosive material or weapon was recovered from the arrested terrorists.
During interrogation, Jufri told that he had got the task of getting the propaganda material of IS printed in local languages to reach as many people as possible and setting up sleeper cells all over the country.
Jufri used to translate IS propaganda material sent in Arabic into Malayalam and through this used to prepare youth for IS.
Wanted to spread the network all over the country.
The interrogation of Jufri and Amin so far has made it clear that they wanted to set up an organization on the lines of Indian Mujahideen (IM) across the country.
A senior official said that one of the reasons behind this is Jufri’s links with IM’s founder terrorists Bhatkal brothers.
Trying to build IS.
In fact, Jufri’s brother Adnan Hasan Damudi was in contact with the three Bhatkal brothers Yasin, Riyaz, and Iqbal Bhatkal and in 2017 the NIA arrested him in a case related to IS, at present, he is in jail.
The senior official said that Jufri, who was aware of the working of the Indian Mujahideen and its spread across the country, was trying to build an IS structure on the same lines.
Instructions were being received from terrorist masters.
According to sources, Zufri was in constant contact with the terrorist masters of IS operating on the border of Pakistan and Afghanistan under a pseudonym.
From there he also got promotional material. Ejaz Ahangar alias Abu Usman al-Kashmiri is also among the IS terrorists with whom he was in contact.
It is worth noting that al-Kashmiri is also the wali (chief) of IS Jammu and Kashmir. It was arrested by Afghan military forces after an attack on the gurdwara in Kabul last year.
