Sources have stated that the National Investigation Agency (NIA), which is probing the case of 21 missing people from Kerala, who are suspected to have joined the Islamic State in Afghanistan, has said on Monday that some of the members were inspired by a U.K. based couple.
Meanwhile an NIA official has said one of the prime accused in the case, Abdul Rashid, who is also suspected to have travelled to Afghanistan with his first wife and child, had asked his second wife, Yasmin Ahmed, to join a pro-Islamic State chat group run by a U.K. based couple on Telegram, a web-based application.
It was stated that Mr. Rashid has worked for Peace International School, run by Islamic preacher Zakir Naik's NGO, Islamic Research Foundation (IRF) and an official has said Mr. Ahmed has first met Mr. Rashid at the Peace International School at Malappuram in Kerala where she had joined as an English teacher along with her first husband.
NIA has said Mr. Rashid has also given the ATM card of his first wife Ayesha to Ms Ahmed and transferred Rs. 1.5 lakh into her account in mid-July to facilitate her travel till Afghanistan and this money was subsequently used by Ms Ahmded to purchase flight tickets, pay for the Afghanistan visa and also purchase $ 620.
