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Turkey, Luxembourg provide info on ISIS recruit Areeb Majeed

According to official sources in the agency, the documents have been received by its investigators who in turn are awaiting interpreters to translate the documents.

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Anti-terrorism agencies of Turkey and Luxembourg have sent the National Investigation Agency (NIA) crucial details about travels and activities of Areeb Majeed, an alleged recruit of Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), who returned to India in 2014 after allegedly being a part of the dreaded outfit for over six months.

According to official sources in the agency, the documents have been received by its investigators who in turn are awaiting interpreters to translate the documents. While the documents sent in from Turkey are in Arabic, the one sent by investigative agencies in Luxembourg are in French. "Owing to the fact that the content of the said documents is sensitive, interpreters authorised by the Indian government will help our investigators to translate the same," said a senior NIA official.

The official added that there could be fresh revelations about Areeb Majeed in the documents sent from Turkey and Luxembourg as well as about other accused of being ISIS operatives. Ïn case these revelations are connected to other ISIS operatives we will have keep in loop all the investigating officers who are probing the cases in different states of India,"said the official.

According to NIA sources, the document sent in from Turkey might contain travel details of Areeb and other Indian youth who joined the dreaded outfit in 2014. "During the course of our investigation an internet server which was used for communication by the accused men was located in Luxembourg. We had asked authorities in Luxembourg to provide more details on the server," said the official.

The external affairs ministry has sought judicial assistance from countries such as Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Afghanistan, Turkey and Luxembourg, by sending Letters Rogatory requesting information on Majeed's social media conversations, travel details and monetary transactions abroad. The agency had also sought technical evidence from countries such as Australia, Canada and the United States.

Majeed had travelled to Iraq with three others on the pretext of going pilgrimage, and later enlisted as a suicide bomber in the Mosul division of the militant outfit. However, he returned in November 2014 after his family in Kalyan persuaded him to come back. His arrest was made on November 29, 2014 by the Maharashtra Anti-Terrorism Squad.

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