Naik’s cadres recently visited Kathmandu, Krishnanagar and Siraha and Birganj districts in the Terai region. They organised Street Daawah for recruitment and distributed misinterpreted Islamic literature. Street Daawah derives its origin from a similar movement in Australia a few years ago, in which its cadres joined the Islamic State. Recruits are randomly selected during Street Daawah, their phone numbers, residential and e-mail addresses are collected and they are radicalised through concocted Islamic literature and brainwashing.

Naik helped Hashmi develop content for Al-Huda when it was being established in 1994. Hashmi is now paying back Naik.

“Following the tightening of the noose around him by agencies here, Naik was under pressure to keep his network of radicalised cadres intact. Six senior cadres visited Nepal and used SIM cards issued by Indian telecom companies,” a senior intelligence official said.

The Toronto-based outfit is likely to paint action against Naik as a human rights violation issue, intelligence sources said.

source:Express News Service  |   Published: 01st January 2017 01:02 AM  |