4 terror suspects released

Four of the ten terror suspects who were detained by Delhi Police for their alleged ideological leaning towards banned outfit Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) were today released due to lack of adequate evidence, three days after being questioned by the anti-terrorism unit.
Of the four, three are residents of east Delhi's Chand Bagh locality and the other from Ghaziabad's Loni area. They were let off from the Special Cell's Lodhi Colony office this evening.
They were freed after investigators said they did not find adequate evidence to prove their involvement in the suspected Jaish-e-Mohammed ring, which was busted earlier this week with the arrest of three youths and Improvised Explosive Device were recovered from their possession, police sources said.

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Police have still not been able to ascertain the source of funds for the suspects who were allegedly tasked with executing serial strikes in the city, senior officials said adding that investigators were scrutinising the contents of the Whatsapp group and the chat room in which all 13 persons who were picked up by them were members.
The four youths who were set free today were given counselling before their release, sources said.

Investigators interrogating the three youths arrested for alleged links with banned Jaish-e- Mohammed had yesterday said the trio were shown videos pertaining to alleged atrocities against Muslims in Jammu and Kashmir, Muzaffarnagar and Iraq to induct them into the outfit and execute terror strikes in the national capital.

A senior police official said prime accused Sajid had joined a social media page where he met a cyber entity 'Talha', believed to be close to JeM chief Maulana Masood Azhar, who is wanted by India in connection with 2001 Parliament attack case and the terror strike on Pathankot IAF base in January.
The web page had links to several websites which allegedly propagate jihad ideology. In one such website, Sajid found a phone number, which pertained to Pakistan and the contact number later turned out to be that of Talah, the official had said.
Once Sajid had roped in the other two youths -- Sameer Ahmed (arrested), Shakir Ansari (arrested) and few others into the module -- the cyber entity sent them links to videos showing alleged atrocities against Muslims in Jammu and Kashmir, Muzaffarnagar and Iraq. The idea was to induct them into the outfit and plan serial blasts here, the official had said.

Investigators had earlier claimed that the trio was initially inspired by the dreaded ISIS and later shifted their ideological leaning.
Sajid was self-radicalised and propagated ideology which was in line with that of the Islamic State until he came in touch with Talha, they said.