After 50 days, missing Malwani man held in Delhi

In less than a fortnight after the NIA and the State ATS collectively arrested two suspected ISIS recruiters from Mumbra officials from Delhi policersquos Special Cell nabbed another Mumbaibased ISIS sympathiser in the national capital on Thursday nightActing on specific information the Special Cell arrested 26yearold Mohsin Ibrahim Sayyed aka Mohsin Sheikh from the Kashmere Gate at InterState Bus Terminal ISBT in Delhi Mohsin is one of the four Malwani men who had left home to join the ISIS in Syria He was soon to leave for Syria after completing his pending task here A team of ATS officers from Mumbai have left for Delhi to investigate Mohsin and gather informationMohsin SheikhA police officer said The Maharashtra ATS was also searching for Mohsin The Delhi policersquos Special Cell which had specific information from the central intelligence agency arrested him from the Kashmere gate at ISBT in Delhi They nabbed Mohsin before he could meet one of his associates in DelhiPolice officials said Mohsin was in touch with four alleged ISIS sympathisers arrested last month by the Special Cell The quartet had planned to target the Ardh Kumbh Mela in Haridwar The four were identified as Aklaq ur Rehman Mohammad Osama Mohammad Azim Shah and Mehroz and were arrested from Uttarakhand Mohsin had given them Rs 50000ISIS linkA police officer said After he left home Mohsin was in constant touch with ISIS Chief recruiter India Mudabbir Shaikh from Mumbra He was also in contact with Syriabased Ansarut Tawhid fi Bilad alHind AuT chief Shafi Armar via internet The AuT has pledged its support to ISIS for disseminating its propaganda across India Another Malwani man Ayaz was helping Mohsin execute his plansFollowing his arrest Special Cell officials recovered Rs 85000 two SIM cards and a mobile phone from Mohsin A police officer said the phone is password protected and a great deal of information will be revealed upon unlocking itMohsin was in constant touch with Hawala operators in Mumbai Pune and Chennai We are trying to unearth his network the officer said adding Mohsin played a key role in recruiting people and procuring funds through Hawala He was supposed to leave India shortlyMohsin has been booked under the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act and is the first one from the city and 21st from the country to be arrested for suspected links with the extremist group He has been remanded in police custody till February 10 by a Delhi courtKin claim innocenceNeighbours claimed Mohsinrsquos father Ibrahim received a call from Delhi police at 5 am yesterday informing him about his sonrsquos arrest They said an hour later Ibrahim and his wife Safiya left for Delhi Currently Mohsinrsquos grandmother Zubeda and his sister Nagma are at home One of the neighbours said A few days before Mohsin left home his wife Heena went to her motherrsquos place and never returned They have a son 5 and a daughter 3Speaking to midday Zubeda said Our son is innocent Wersquoll only believe once he tells us personally Like other children who came back home I want Mohsin to come back safely Allah knows allMohsin worked as an autorickshaw driver and is a historysheeter His parents were garment sellers in Andheri After Mohsin left home his sister took care of their parents and grandmotherAnother neighbour said Mohsin was deeply religious He would punish his children by not giving them food if they failed to offer namaz five times a day He didnrsquot even allow a TV at homeThe case midday was the first to break the story about four Malwani menmdash Mohsin Wajid Sheikh Noor Mohammad and Ayaz Sultan mdash leaving the city to join ISIS While Ayaz had already left on October 30 2015 Mohsin Wajid and Noor left on December 15 All four gave different reasons to their families for leaving home While Mohsin said he was going to a friendrsquos wedding in Surat Wajid left on the pretext of getting errors rectified in his Aadhar card Noor said he was going to have tea with friends and Ayaz said he was going to Pune for an interview for a Saudibased job While ATS officials managed to trace Wajid and Noor to Pune and Sangli respectively they believe that Ayaz is working with the ISIS in Syria They booked him under the UAPA