India seeks Aus help to unravel conspiracy of ISIS in India

October 27, 2015 20:00

Days after Canberra helped nab underworld don Chhota Rajan, India today sought Australia's help to unravel the conspiracy behind ISIS luring Indian youths into its fold following the arrest of a Mumbai man who fought alongside the Middle-East terror group. The request was made when Australia's Attorney General George Brandis met Home Minister Rajnath Singh.

During the meeting, the Indian side conveyed that Mumbai youth Areeb Ejaj Majeed, who was arrested on his return from Iraq and Syria after fighting alongside ISIS terrorists, used to communicate with his recruiters and associates through various electronic and social media platforms. Areeb used Yahoo email id for substantial part of his communication in Syria, Iraq and back in India and the server of Yahoo is located in Australia.

Hence, assistance was sought from Australian authorities regarding subscriber information, login history, IP attachments.

"The information would assist in unearthing the entire conspiracy and details of the terrorist acts committed in Iraq and Syria and would also pinpoint the identities of ISIS recruiters and facilitators," a Home Ministry official said.

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