Mufti Qureshi: The man inspiring IS terrorists in India

After being tracked for a year by the Intelligence Bureau, four persons were arrested on Tuesday from different parts of the country.

Mufti Abdus Sami Qasim Qureshi is a fiery orator. Sami, 47 was arrested and chargesheeted by the National Investigation Agency in February 2016. Although under arrest, his name has cropped up several times following the arrests carried by various agencies in connection with Islamic State related cases.

On Tuesday there were a series of raids that were carried out by the police officials of various states following which four operatives inspired by the IS were arrested. It was found that they were inspired by the speeches made by Qureshi.

A native of Rampur, Mufti Abdus Sami Qasim Qureshi was a fiery operative. He was residing at the Seelampur area of North East Delhi and is alleged to have set up an IS school of thought to inspire and motivate youth wanting to join the outfit. Qureshi had travelled across the country delivering fiery speeches. He had delivered speeches in Rajasthan, Maharashtra, Punjab, Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh, the NIA files in possession of OneIndia state.

'Qureshi inspired us'

After being tracked for a year by the Intelligence Bureau, four persons were arrested on Tuesday from different parts of the country. All of them told their interrogators that they were inspired by the speeches delivered by Qureshi.

Qureshi had delivered his last speech in January 2016 and a month later he was arrested. In his speeches, he had openly supported the ideology of the Islamic State and spoke about the need to have a Caliphate.

The police are now trying to find out if the four arrested persons were in touch with Qureshi. The IB and the NIA had given out a list of persons in touch with Qureshi or inspired by him to the police of several states. The Tuesday arrests were based on the same list.

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