Fresh statements made by three recruits of India’s ISIS wing Junud al Khalifa-e-Hind (JKH) – Ashiq Ahmad alias Raja, Mohammad Abdul Ahad and Mohammad Afzal – have revealed that the terror organisation wanted to take advantage of the student movement. The movement had broken out in several cities after the arrest of JNU student union president Kanhaiya Kumar, reports The Times of India.
According to the National Investigative Agency (NIA), which is handling the case, the idea behind the plan was to further agitate the students and create disorder in the country. Their statements, made under Section 164 of CrPC were recorded for the first time by any agency.
When Kanhaiya was in Tihar jail on sedition charges, and students of several universities were holding demonstrations demanding his release, ISIS’ Ahmad Ali asked 19-year-old Ashiq Ahmad alias Raja of Hooghly, West Bengal, to infiltrate the movement and burn vehicles and oil tankers using petrol.
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