Islamic State suspect planned to attack Mother House in Kolkata
December 25, 2016  18:09
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Islamic State suspect Mohammad Masiuddin alias Musa had planned to attack Mother House in Kolkata to target US nationals according to the chargesheet filed by the National Investigation Agency. 

The chargesheet filed by NIA mentions that ISIS suspect had planned to attack Mother House as a lot of US nationals would frequent this place to pay homage to Sister Teresa of Kolkata.

The 25-year-old Musa was arrested from the Burdwan railway station by CID on July 4 on charges of radicalising youths to join IS.

Later, the probe was taken over by National Investigation Agency and the agency is currently probing his links to Jamaat-Ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh and also the Dhaka attacks.

Sources in the NIA reveal, Musa had agreed to take on the assignment from a JMB leader Abu Suleiman to target foreigners and US nationals in India and behead them.
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