New Delhi: Breaking stereotypes, a retired Indian Army Lieutenant Colonel has approached the National Investigation Agency with a complaint that his Hindu daughter, has ended up being radicalised by the IS after her trip to Australia for post-graduate studies.
The girl, in her mid-twenties, is a graduate from a reputed college in Delhi University and had been on a three-year post graduate study. After her return, the Colonel stumbled onto some communication on his daughter’s desktop that linked to the IS and immediately sought the NIA’s help to counsel and de-radicalise her.
The organisation referred the case to the Intelligence Bureau, which has already held a few sessions with her.
Investigations suggest that the young woman might have been in touch with alleged IS recruiters and planned to convert, following which she would travel to Syria through Australia and join the terror outfit. The IB sleuths have already held a few sessions with her.
Increasing cases of young men and women being radicalised by the IS are coming to the fore, with a recruiter Afhsa Jabeen, being held in Hyderebad. Afhsa and her boyfriend Salman Mohiuddin were reportedly set to marry in Dubai before they went ahead to join the IS.
