Mehdi Masroor Biswas
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Four pro-Islamic State activists arrested in India: Govt
India | Mar 11, 2015, 06:27 PM ISTFour pro-Islamic State activists, two from Maharashtra and one from Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh, have been arrested in the country in the last one year, Rajya Sabha was informed today.Minister of State for Home Haribhai
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IS Twitter account handler Mehdi Masroor Biswas was in touch with ISIS combatant in Iraq: Cops
India | Jan 02, 2015, 11:51 PM ISTBengaluru: Alleged pro-Islamic State (IS) Twitter account handler Mehdi Masroor Biswas was in touch with ISIS combatant stationed in Iraq, a top police official said."During our interrogation of Biswas, we have found that the IS
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Blast may be a retaliation for IS twitter handler arrest,says Karnataka CM
National | Dec 29, 2014, 03:02 PM ISTBengaluru: The low intensity blast outside a popular restaurant in Bengaluru is being seen as a retaliatory attack against the arrest of pro Islamic twitter handler Mehdi Masroor Biswas.Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah did not rule out
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IS twitter handler case, police seek third party help
India | Dec 20, 2014, 09:16 PM ISTBengaluru: Investigators are taking third party assistance in examining tweets posted by the alleged handler of pro-Islamic State (IS) Twitter account, Mehdi Masroor Biswas, a top police official said.“Investigations are going on in the Mehdi
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Only small number of Indian youth join ISIS: Govt
National | Dec 17, 2014, 04:23 PM ISTNew Delhi: Attracted by information being disseminated in the cyber space, a small number of Indian youth have left the country to join ISIS, Rajya Sabha was informed today.In reply to a question, Minister of
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'Mehdi extremely radicalised; believes beheading correct'
India | Dec 15, 2014, 08:23 PM ISTNew Delhi: Mehdi Masroor Biswas, who is alleged to have been operating a pro-ISIS twitter account, has been dubbed by his interrogators as an extremely radicalised youth who believes that beheading of the “enemy” and
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Police seeks more details from Twitter on IS account handler
India | Dec 15, 2014, 03:42 PM ISTBengaluru: Intensifying its investigation into the alleged handler of pro-Islamic State(IS) Twitter account Mehdi Masroor Biswas, city police has asked for more details regarding ShamiWitness account from the micro blogging site, which are crucial to
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Pro-Islamic State tweeter did not recruit: Rajnath Singh
India | Dec 15, 2014, 02:34 PM ISTNew Delhi: Preliminary interrogation of pro-Islamic State (IS) tweeter Mehdi Masroor Biswas has revealed that his role was limited to putting material on social networking sites and he was not involved in recruiting for the
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NIA officials interrogate parents of IS Twitter a/c handler
India | Dec 15, 2014, 08:46 AM ISTKolkata: Officials of the National Investigation Agency (NIA) today interrogated the parents of Mehdi Masroor Biswas, the alleged handler of the pro-Islamic State (IS) Twitter account, who was recently arrested in Bengaluru.Family sources said that
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Probe looking into possible Biswas' links with ISIS: Official
India | Dec 14, 2014, 10:01 PM ISTBengaluru: Investigators are looking into “every possible” connection of alleged handler of pro-Islamic State (IS) Twitter account Mehdi Masroor Biswas with the ISIS' “virtual and actual world”, a top police official said today.Preliminary investigation showed
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Police officer receives threat message after arrest of IS Twitter a/c handler
India | Dec 14, 2014, 08:01 PM ISTBengaluru: A senior police officer has received a threat in connection with the arrest of Mehdi Masroor Biswas, the alleged handler of the most influential pro-Islamic State (IS) Twitter account, even as the latter was
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IS Twitter account handler remanded to 5 days police custody
India | Dec 14, 2014, 01:31 PM ISTBengaluru: The alleged handler of the most influential pro-Islamic State (IS) Twitter account Mehdi Masroor Biswas has been remanded to five-day police custody.“Bengaluru CCB Police has got five days police remand of Mehdi Masroor Biswas.He
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Mehdi Masroor Biswas confesses to operating ISIS twitter handle
India | Dec 13, 2014, 06:26 PM ISTBengaluru: In a major breakthrough, the alleged handler of the most influential pro-Islamic State (IS) Twitter account was arrested from an apartment here in the early hours today. Mehdi Masroor Biswas has “confessed” he was
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My son is innocent, his internet account hacked: Mehdi Masroor's father
India | Dec 13, 2014, 06:26 PM ISTKolkata: The father of Mehdi Masroor Biswas, the alleged handler of the pro-Islamic State(IS) Twitter account who was arrested in Bengaluru today, said that he did not know about it and claimed that his son's