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  Four pro-Islamic State activists arrested in India: Govt

  India | March 11, 2015 18:27 IST

  Four 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 | January 02, 2015 23:51 IST

  Bengaluru: 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

  Politics | December 29, 2014 15:02 IST

  Bengaluru:  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 | December 20, 2014 21:16 IST

  Bengaluru: 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

  Politics | December 17, 2014 16:23 IST

  New 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 | December 15, 2014 20:23 IST

  New 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 | December 15, 2014 15:42 IST

  Bengaluru:  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 | December 15, 2014 14:34 IST

  New 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 | December 15, 2014 8:46 IST

  Kolkata: 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 | December 14, 2014 22:01 IST

  Bengaluru: 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 | December 14, 2014 20:01 IST

  Bengaluru: 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 | December 14, 2014 13:31 IST

  Bengaluru: 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 | December 13, 2014 18:26 IST

  Bengaluru: 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 | December 13, 2014 18:26 IST

  Kolkata:  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