Osama was IM terrorist Yasin Bhatkal's inspiration: NIA
February 24, 2014  18:22
Indian Mujahideen co-founder Yasin Bhatkal was inspired by al-Qaeda chief Osama Bin Laden and used to motivate youngsters for sacrificing their lives in the name of 'jihad' through the videos of the slain terrorist, NIA has said in its chargesheet filed in a Delhi court.

The National Investigation Agency (NIA) said Bhatkal had downloaded from the internet a number of documents, including lectures, and videos of Osama and other prominent terrorists, and made young boys go through them.

"He (Bhatkal) used to quote selected phrases from Islamic religious books in support of 'jihad'. He had downloaded from Internet a number of documents which portrayed Jihad as an obligatory act of every Muslim.

"He had also downloaded lectures of Muslim leaders and fighters like Osama Bin laden, Al Yazeed, Al Zarkawi, C Khateeb, Awlaqi from Internet. He made young Muslim boys watch these videos and read out these documents to them, so as to motivate them to sacrifice their lives in the name of jihad," NIA said, adding all these videos, documents, files have been saved by Bhatkal in his laptop.
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