ED conducts searches at 8 premises in Bangalore in ISIS Recruitment Case

 

ED conducts searches at 8 premises in Bangalore in ISIS Recruitment Case

The Enforcement Directorate (ED) Bangalore Zone is conducting searches at eight premises in connection with an Enforcement Case Information Report registered on the basis of an FIR filed by the National Investigation Agency. According to ED, the case is in relation to the recruitment of individuals for the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), involving Iqra Welfare Trust, Guidance for Mankind and other individuals based out in Bangalore.

ED noted that five persons were arrested in the case. Subsequently, the NIA filed a chargesheet under the provisions of the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act. The enforcement agency said that the chargesheet revealed that the accused were affiliated with the banned terrorist organisation to radicalise and motivate impressionable Muslim youth of Bengaluru to join ISIS. Further investigation is under progress.