Couple with IS links detained from Delhi, they allegedly instigated anti-CAA protests
New Delhi, Mar 08: The Delhi Police on Sunday detained a couple from Kashmir with alleged links to the Islamic State. The couple are from southeast Delhi's Jamia Nagar and belong to the Khorasan module of the ISIS.
On Sunday, the Delhi Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) Pramod Singh Kushwaha said that the couple, identified as Jahanjeb Sami and wife Hina Bashir Beg, was apparently instigating anti-Citizenship Ammendment Act (CAA) protests in Delhi and was trying to exploit the ongoing situation.
The
Islamic
State(IS)-Khorasan
Province
is
the
Afghanistan-based
affiliate
of
IS.
The
couple
was
detained
in
an
early
morning
operation
after
inputs
were
shared
by
the
Intelligence
Bureau(IB).
Meanwhile,
probe
is
underway
and
several
agencies
are
questioning
them.
Several
palces
in
the
national
capital-
Jamia
and
the
neighbouring
Shaheen
Bagh
in
national
capital's
Okhla
have
been
witnessing
protests
against
the
contentious
citizenship
law
for
over
three
months
now.
The protest began after alleged police attacks on the students of Jamia Millia University on the night of December 15, 2019.
Reportedly, the CAA grants citizenship to Hindus, Christians, Sikhs, Parsis, Buddhists, and Jains from Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Afghanistan till December 31, 2014. It has become controversial largely because it excludes Muslims.