Hyderabad: NIA sleuths raided the houses of the arrested ISIS suspects on Tuesday and recovered bullets and electronic gadgets. NIA officials said they recovered 17 live bullets from the suspects' houses. “We searched the house of Habeeb at Barkas and recovered 17 live rounds,” said the officer.
The five arrested ISIS suspects had assumed new names for terror activities. They also took up portfolios like Masahib (account keeper), Askari (arms in-charge) etc. It also came to light that one suspect had sold his wife’s gold to raise funds for IS activities, NIA officials said.
“The conspirators gave themselves new names for organisational purposes. Rizwan took the name Abu Hasan and Ibrahim Yazdani assumed the name Abu Abdur Rahman. Ilyas Yazdani took the name Abu Mansoor. Habeeb Moha-mmed assumed the name Abu Shaiba, while Fahad’s new name was Abu Haleema,” said an official.
They had also allocated portfolios. “Ibrahim Yazdani became Raabit (communication officer), Ilyas Yazdani became the religious affairs in-charge, Rizwan became the Mahasib (the account keeper and Habeeb Mohammed became Askari (in-charge of weapons),” the official said.
In a raid on a Mee Seva kendra run by the brother-in-law of Ibrahim, NIA seized a computer and scanner. “Ilyas said he had used them to scan the IS pledge for communication with the handler,” said the official.
NIA officials said Ibrahim Yazdani had applied for a visa to Greece twice after he returned from Saudi Arabia in July 2015. He felt going directly to Turkey could arouse suspicion. However, he did not get a visa. He then applied for a PG course in Turkey and got a positive response but got arrested before he could get a visa.
