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You may have read about the crackdown of NIA on terrorist Saquib Nachan (kingpin of ISIS module in Maharashtra/ Karnataka) or his son Shamil Nachan (Pune ISIS module)
But do you know that Shamil's brother-in-law Areeb Majeed is a terrorist out on bail since 2021?
You may have read about the crackdown of NIA on terrorist Saquib Nachan (kingpin of ISIS module in Maharashtra/ Karnataka) or his son Shamil Nachan (Pune ISIS module)
But do you know that Shamil's brother-in-law Areeb Majeed is a terrorist out on bail since 2021?
On 11th December, the NIA interrogated 20 suspects in connection to the recently unearthed ISIS module running in Maharashtra.
One of the 'suspects' questioned by the central agency was Areeb Majeed.
Source:
hindustantimes.com
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One of the 'suspects' questioned by the central agency was Areeb Majeed.
Source:
hindustantimes.com
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Majeed is a resident of Kalyan city in Thane district of Maharashtra.
He along with his 3 'friends' left India for Baghdad (Iraq) in May 2014 to join the terror outfit ISIS.
According to the NIA, he left home under the pretext of religious pilgrimage and was "actively involved in terrorist acts in Iraq and Syria”.
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He along with his 3 'friends' left India for Baghdad (Iraq) in May 2014 to join the terror outfit ISIS.
According to the NIA, he left home under the pretext of religious pilgrimage and was "actively involved in terrorist acts in Iraq and Syria”.
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Majeed was 'educated' and pursuing civil engineering in 2014.
“I was studying engineering but lost interest and began thinking about Islamic countries that followed the Shariat,” he was quoted as saying
He was reportedly inspired by speeches of AIMIM's Akbaruddin Owaisi
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“I was studying engineering but lost interest and began thinking about Islamic countries that followed the Shariat,” he was quoted as saying
He was reportedly inspired by speeches of AIMIM's Akbaruddin Owaisi
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As per the NIA, Majeed exchanged"...his thought process to wage jihad by violent means against non-believers of Islam to attract the attention of like-minded Muslims and motivate vulnerable youngsters towards jihad by violent means”.
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Later. Majeed travelled to Turkey and contacted his family from there and expressed his desire to return to India.
He reportedly met Indian officials who helped facilitate his return. Majeed was arrested by the NIA upon his return to India in Nov 2014.
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He reportedly met Indian officials who helped facilitate his return. Majeed was arrested by the NIA upon his return to India in Nov 2014.
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Charges were framed against the terrorist in April 2017 under the stringent Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act.
Source: indianexpress.com
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Source: indianexpress.com
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Inspired by terrorist Saquib Nachan who reportedly fought his own case, Areeb Majeed submitted an application in 2018 seeking to plead his own case.
opindia.com
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opindia.com
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But in March 2021, ISIS terrorist was granted bail by a Division Bench of the Bombay High Court comprising Justices SS Shinde and Manish Pitale.
The bench noted that Majeed had “already undergone incarceration for more than six years“.
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The bench noted that Majeed had “already undergone incarceration for more than six years“.
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“Mr Majeed is an educated person who was completing his graduation in civil engineering when he left for Iraq at the age of 21,” the court observed.
It added, “He categorically stated before us that as a 21-year-old, he was carried away and that he committed a serious mistake for which he had already spent over six years behind bars.”
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It added, “He categorically stated before us that as a 21-year-old, he was carried away and that he committed a serious mistake for which he had already spent over six years behind bars.”
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After Areeb Majeed got bail in 2021, he married the sister-in-law of terrorist Shamil Nachan (the son of ISIS Maharashtra kingpin Saquib Nachan).
Source:
freepressjournal.in
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Source:
freepressjournal.in
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In September 2023, a special court directed the Ministry of Home Affairs to produce a file related to the grant of sanction to prosecute Areeb Majeed.
The sanctioning authority had issued the sanction to prosecute Areeb under UAPA and is deposing in the case as the 67th witness.
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The sanctioning authority had issued the sanction to prosecute Areeb under UAPA and is deposing in the case as the 67th witness.
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The NIA has now questioned Areeb Majeed in connection to the recently unearthed ISIS Maharashtra module.
Read about the matter in detail here:
opindia.com
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Read about the matter in detail here:
opindia.com
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Throwback to the time when Majeed claimed to have been sidelined by ISIS and asked to clean toilets
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