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ISIS operative confirms Maharashtra-based couple's presence in IS-held Mosul: Report

Subahani Haja Moideen, an Indian alleged to be an ISIS operative, arrested from Tamil Nadu, has reportedly told the National Investigation Agency (NIA) that he met the couple from Maharashtra in Islamic State-held territory in Iraq, reported The Hindu.

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Subahani Haja Moideen, an Indian alleged to be an ISIS operative, arrested from Tamil Nadu, has reportedly told the National Investigation Agency (NIA), that he met a couple from Maharashtra in Islamic State-held territory Mosul, in Iraq, The Hindu reported.

According to the report, confirming the presence of an Indian woman, Moideen reportedly told the investigators that during his stay in Iraq, he met the couple, and that they were the only Indians he had come across in Iraq.

"He (Moideen) said he met them briefly in a public place,” a senior NIA official told the daily.

However, he also told the interrogators that he was not sure whether the couple were fighting for the IS.

We are trying to determine if the woman went from India or travelled via a third country, the official said.

31-year-old Moideen was arrested by the NIA with the help of central security agencies and the state police, foiling designs of ISIS operatives to target a few judges of Kerala and foreign tourists visiting the coastal state.

He was in Iraq for five months from April 8, 2015. He was taken to Mosul and underwent detailed 'religious training', followed by combat training, which included a course in automated weapons. He was then deputed to fight for almost two weeks.

During the war, he told interrogators that he was paid $100 per month as an allowance by the ISIS besides being provided with accommodation and food.

He arrived in Mumbai after a gap of six months in September last year on an emergency certificate, and returned to his ancestral place where he was staying with his wife. He later managed to get a job at a jewellery shop at Kadayanallur in Tamil Nadu.

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