INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
CHENNAI/COIMBATORE: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) which carried out simultaneous searches in 31 places in Tamil Nadu and Telangana
on Saturday, said Islamic regional study centres were used to radicalise gullible youth in the name of Arabic classes."The radicalisation
activities were flashed online through social media platforms and mobile applications like WhatsApp and Telegram," said the anti-terror
agency.In an official statement, the NIA said its sleuths seized currencies to the tune of Rs 60 lakh and US$18,200 and incriminating books
in vernacular and Arabic languages
"We are examining the mobile phones, laptops and hard discs seized during the raids," it said
The NIA said the blast incident in Coimbatore in October last year was a fallout of such radicalisation sessions
established principles of secularism and democracy
They conspired to radicalise and recruit youth to indulge them in terrorist as well as unlawful acts and activities," said the NIA
Jamesha Mubeen, who drove a bomb-laden car and died in the blast in Coimbatore last year, had studied in the Kovai Arabic College at
Kuniyamuthur a few years before his death, said sources
Around 25 people were Mubeen's college mates
the radicalisation and recruitment for ISIS
On Saturday, the searches were carried out in 22 places in Coimbatore, three places in Chennai, one place in Tenkasi and five places in
Hyderabad.The residence of DMK councillor M Mubaseera of 82nd ward of Coimbatore Corporation was also subjected to the searches
In Chennai, the searches were carried out in Thiru Vi Ka Nagar, Ayanavaram and Neelankarai.
