NIA Arrests ISIS Member From Delhi For ‘Involvement In Collection Of Funds’ For Terror Outfit

Mohsin Ahmad, originally hailing from Patna in Bihar, was arrested on Saturday from his residence in Delhi’s Batla House by a search party, said a spokesperson of NIA.

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New Delhi: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has arrested an active member of the terror outfit ISIS, an official said on Sunday, reported news agency PTI. The official claimed that the “radicalised” individuals was collecting money for the global terror outfit, as per the report. 

Mohsin Ahmad, originally hailing from Patna in Bihar, was arrested on Saturday from his residence in Delhi’s Batla House by a search party, said a spokesperson of the federal anti-terror agency, quoted by the news agency. 

As per the spokesperson the accused was arrested in the case pertaining to ISIS' online and on-ground activities after the NIA conducted a search in his residential premises. 

According to the report, the anti-terror agency had filed a suo motu case on June 25. 

"Ahmad is a radicalised and active member of ISIS. He has been arrested for his involvement in collection of funds for ISIS from sympathisers in India as well as abroad," the spokesperson said, adding he was sending these funds to Syria and other places in the form of cryptocurrency in order to further ISIS' activities.

The NIA said that further investigation in connection with the matter is in progress. 

On July 31, the anti-terror agency had carried out searches at 13 premises of suspected persons across six states -- Bhopal and Raisen in Madhya Pradesh, Bharuch, Surat, Navsari and Ahmedabad in Gujarat, Arariya in Bihar, Bhatkal and Tumkur City in Karnataka, Kolhapur and Nanded in Maharashtra and Deoband in Uttar Pradesh