70 people from Mumbai, Maharashtra are on ISIS hit list: ATS charge sheet

At least 70 people from Mumbai and Maharashtra are on the ‘very important kill list’ of the ISIS, reveals the anti-terrorism squad’s (ATS) charge sheet on the Parbhani module.

In July, the ATS arrested four suspected ISIS recruits, including Naser Bin Yafai Chaus, 31, a civil contactor. Recovered from Chaus’ mobile phone, the hit list includes names of 292 people across India and 4,681 people across the world.

Chaus was arrested from Parbhani for preparing low inten

(IED) which was to be used to attack the police headquarters in Aurangabad. The charge sheet has alleged that the people who are on the hit list are those who have hacked websites and social gather information about the terrorist group. The list includes names, email ID, place of their work, their designation, mobile numbers, residential addresses and their nationality through Chaus’ mobile phone, found that he was a part of an extremist group Ansal Al Khilafah, that is associated with ISIS.

The charge sheet said the group was active on Telegram, a mobile application, and Chaus was member. The investigators found that a member named Ubu Uzair had circulated a message of ‘Cyber caliphate of ISIS’. The message contained a file under the title ‘wanted kill list’. The agency has not divulged the names mentioned in the hit list.

The ATS recovered an e-book from his mobile phone called ‘Safety and Security Guidelines for Lone wolf Mujahideen and