Man arrested in Kuwait for allegedly funding ISIS sympathisers in India (File Photo)
A man who allegedly funded ISIS sympathisers in India has been arrested In Kuwait based on a tip-off shared by the National Investigation Agency or NIA.
Abdulla Hadi Abdul Rehman Al Enezi of Kuwait had allegedly sent $1000 to four young men in India, including Areeb Majeed from Panvel in Maharashtra, who joined the ISIS in May 2014 but returned months later.
Arib left Mumbai along with four friends on May 24, 2014. He returned in November that year and has been in custody since. He is being prosecuted for several offences.
During questioning, he told his investigators that while he and three other ISIS sympathisers were in Iraq in early 2014, they had asked their ISIS handler for some money to go to Syria after which Al Enezi sent $1000 to them from Kuwait.
Areeb Majeed left Mumbai to join ISIS in May 2014 but returned months later
NIA had written to the Kuwait government about him, following which he was interrogated and then arrested. Kuwait government has now informed the NIA that Al Enezi has admitted to sending the money and funding terrorist activities.
NIA interrogators might travel to Kuwait to question Al Enezi.
Arib was the first Indian graduate from terror group ISIS' training school as a fidayeen or suicide bomber. A civil engineer by training, he had told his interrogators that he was trained to be a suicide bomber, but made three failed attempts before he returned.