Daijiworld Media Network - Kasargod (SP)
Kasargod, Aug 19: National Investigation Agency (NIA) has subjected two women from Kannur, Kerala, to questioning on the suspicion that they were using social websites as a platform for popularising ISIS ideologies.
The ladies who were questioned were Shifa Haris (27) from Thane, Kannur, and Mija Siddique (25). They were arrested on Tuesday by the NIA officers.
After the NIA arrested Muhammed Ameen alias Abu Yahya from Malappuram district in 2015, it came to know that women were actively involved with ISIS. A number of citizens from Kerala are involved with publicizing material relating to ISIS, the NIA came to know. The arrest of Jufri Jawar Damudi from Bhatkal, Amar Abdul Rahman from Mangaluru and Venkatesh Perumal from Bengaluru simultaneously on August 6, the NIA found that they were actively involved with popularising ISIS by using Telegram, Instagram, Hoop, Facebook etc.
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The women arrested from Kannur were educated in the Gulf after which they returned to their hometown and started to propagate ISIS principles. They also had recruited several youngsters for the job, it is said. Investigation is on. Mija Siddique had visited Bahrain a number of times in the past and she is said to have acquired expertise in convincing youngsters to get admitted into ISIS.
It may be recalled that the NIA had arrested youngsters from Padanna, Kollam and Anchal in Kerala during March this year.