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A Kuwaiti national - identified as Abdullah Hadi Abdul Rehman Al-Enezi - who had helped in arranging finances for the travel of first batch of Islamic State recruits+ from India - Areeb Majeed, Fahad Sheikh+ , Saheem Tanki and Amand Tandel, has been arrested by Kuwaiti authorities on the basis of information provided by Indian agencies.
Sources told ToI that Kuwait authorities have informed NIA through ministry of external affairs about Abdullah Hadi's arrest few days back. The Kuwaiti national is learnt to have admitted to 'terror financing' and supporting travel of ISIS recruits to the caliphate territory.
Areeb Majeed+ , who travelled to Syria in May 2014 alongwith three other Kalyan-based youths, was arrested upon his return in November same year. He was the first IS operative to be arrested by Indian agencies.
Areeb had disclosed that after joining ISIS in May 2014, all four travelled to Baghdad on the pretext of a religious tour. Their travel was arranged by an Afghan national - Rehman Daulati, who is learnt to have arranged finances for other IS recruits as well. They were stuck in Iraq as they had no money left with them.
"Areeb Majeed then contacted Rehman Daulati, who gave him a phone number belonging to a Kuwaiti national, identified as Abdullah Hadi. Areeb told Abdullah that he needed money for further travelling to Syria. Abdullah told him to collect US dollars 1000 from a Western Union Money Transfer branch in Baghdad. The four Kalyan youth took the money and then travelled to Syria," said an official.
Officials say that Kuwait has not only arrested Abdullah Hadi but has also verified his links with Islamic terror financing ring.
Kuwait arrests man suspected of funding ISIS sympathisers in India - Times of India
Sources told ToI that Kuwait authorities have informed NIA through ministry of external affairs about Abdullah Hadi's arrest few days back. The Kuwaiti national is learnt to have admitted to 'terror financing' and supporting travel of ISIS recruits to the caliphate territory.
Areeb Majeed+ , who travelled to Syria in May 2014 alongwith three other Kalyan-based youths, was arrested upon his return in November same year. He was the first IS operative to be arrested by Indian agencies.
Areeb had disclosed that after joining ISIS in May 2014, all four travelled to Baghdad on the pretext of a religious tour. Their travel was arranged by an Afghan national - Rehman Daulati, who is learnt to have arranged finances for other IS recruits as well. They were stuck in Iraq as they had no money left with them.
"Areeb Majeed then contacted Rehman Daulati, who gave him a phone number belonging to a Kuwaiti national, identified as Abdullah Hadi. Areeb told Abdullah that he needed money for further travelling to Syria. Abdullah told him to collect US dollars 1000 from a Western Union Money Transfer branch in Baghdad. The four Kalyan youth took the money and then travelled to Syria," said an official.
Officials say that Kuwait has not only arrested Abdullah Hadi but has also verified his links with Islamic terror financing ring.
Kuwait arrests man suspected of funding ISIS sympathisers in India - Times of India