Arrested Mumbra man's wife reveals her husband's ISIS links

The family of Muddabir Mushtaq Shaikh it appears was aware of his involvement with the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria ISIS Shaikh 34 who was arrested from his Mumbra home on Friday at around 3 am officers from the Maharashtra ATS and the National Investigation Agency NIA say would often tell his family that he would be ldquosoon heading to SyriardquoAlso read Dadoftwo from Mazgaon among those arrested for alleged ISIS linksUjma has now moved to a relativersquos home in Mumbra Here she is seen with her father Ahmed Miyan a real estate agent They often counselled Muddabir Shaikh against following extremist ideologiesShaikhrsquos wife Ujma who is in her earlier 30s and holds a BCom degree and her father Ahmed Miyan a realestate agent had often counselled Shaikh against following the grouprsquos extremist ideologies ldquoI would tell him that we had a family and two daughters to take care of but he would neglect me saying he was part of an Islamic group that was working for a good causerdquo says Ujma Ujma has moved out of her Reshma Apartment residence in Amrut Nagar where she lived with Shaikh and two daughters and is put up with a relativeAlso read Mumbra man is India recruiter for ISIS CopsShaikh has been accused of being primary recruiter for ISIS in India He was produced at the special NIA court in Mumbai on Friday for transit remand He will be produced at Patiala court on Monday An IT professional Shaikh was booked under Section 125 waging war against any Asiatic power in alliance with the government along with various sections of the Unlawful Activities Prevention ActUjma said her husband had been active with the ISIS for the past few months ldquoBut I am aware that for the last one month he was not very active I told this to the investigating officersrdquo she says adding that the officers told her they were only taking her husband for interrogationThe family however wasnrsquot the only ones to know of Shaikhrsquos ISIS sympathiesSources from the investigation agencies said that Shaikh would also try to radicalise people at the local Amrut Nagar mosque where he would go for prayers five times a day ldquoThis we found out while interrogating Shaikh Hersquod tell the others that ISISrsquos ideology is the proper ideology and everyone should follow their way Fortunately no one entertained himrdquo said an officerYet when Sunday midday visited the mosque that Shaikh frequented we heard a different story A maulana present there said ldquoShaikh was regular but was a very quiet person We were shocked to hear of his arrest We thought he was a responsible man who took take care of his family While we didnrsquot speak to him much wersquod often see him during prayersrdquoInvestigation agencies which have kept an eye on Shaikh for the last six months say he had been active with the group for three years ldquoHad anybody from the family his wife or fatherinlaw or those hersquod meet at the mosque informed us about Shaikhrsquos approach towards the extremist group we could have been able to deradicalize him by getting him to meet Muslim scholarsrdquo added the officer who interrogated Shaikh for over three hours in the kitchen of his Mumbra residenceLiving of ISIS moneySources claim that Shaikh would directly tell ISIS head Abu Bakr AlBaghdadi about his progress ldquoHe was active on social networking sites and would use the Internet to make calls We have gathered evidence including chat conversations phone records and a hard disk which prove his direct involvement with the group We have also found sexual content which we believe might have initially been used to lure him into working for the grouprdquo added the officerAlso read We live in constant fear and get thrashed in jail after ISIS strikesThe officer added that till 18 months ago Shaikh was working with a private firm in Goregoan where he claims he was paid a monthly salary of Rs 50000 He left for personal reasonsldquoHe said he had savings of R30 lakh to take care of his family and also some land from which he was earning cashrdquo added the officers who believe that Shaikhrsquos real cash source was ISIS who was funding him since he was their recruiter in India