Bhatkal, Apr 7: After a marathon interrogation the National Investigation Agency (NIA) released the Bhatkal youth who was detained at the Pune International Airport for alleged links with the Islamic State (IS) two days ago. A senior government official said that it was a case of mistaken identity.
Ismail Musab bin Abdul Rawoof (34), a shoe salesman, was on way to board an Air India flight to Dubai on Tuesday morning when he was picked up by the security agencies at the airport.
Officials suspected that he was to travel to Syria from Dubai. However, after questioning him for two consecutive days in Mumbai, NIA found nothing suspicious and decided to release him.
The NIA made countrywide arrests in January this year and arrested 24 young men who allegedly wanted to establish an “IS-backed caliphate” in the country.
One of the main suspects, Mudabbir Sheikh, had allegedly received hawala money on two occasions to assemble Improvised Explosive Device (IED) and bombs to target places of importance, politicians and policemen. Investigators said during Sheikh's interrogation, the name of one “Rawoof” had surfaced.
“The person detained at the Pune airport also had Rawoof in his name and since he is from Bhatkal, from where a number of men have joined the Indian Mujahideen, the intelligence agencies could have mistaken him for a terror suspect,” the official said.
The government official said Ismail Musab got an Indian passport only in 2015 and he had many relatives and friends in Dubai. In fact Abdul Rawoof is Ismail Musab's father's name.
My son is innocent'
A resident of Darul Zakwan, Ayesha Masjid compound, Aminuddin road, Bhatkal, Abdul Rawoof maintained that his son is innocent and all charges levelled against him are false.
“My son, Ismail Musab, has studied only up to class eighth and he is computer illiterate. He carries a simple mobile phone, which does not have internet facility. How can he chat online with ISIS members? What is ISIS,” asks a helpless father.
Abdul Rawoof said that he received a call from Ismail at 1.10 am on Wednesday. “He told me that he was detained by the immigration officials at the Pune International Airport after they found a meat dish in his hand baggage and they wanted to test it as they suspected that it could be beef and beef is banned in Maharashtra. He said that he would go to Mumbai,” said an emotionally charged parent, prior to the release of their son.
He said that on Tuesday evening, two policemen came to their residence in Darul Zakwan, Ayesha Masjid compound, Aminuddin Road to inquire if Ismail was his son. “I told them that he was my eldest son and that he had gone to Dubai to look for a job,” said Rawoof.
Ismail is married and has two children. “He doesn't live with us, but visits us very often. He had gone to Dubai before he got married. He wanted to try his luck again there,” he said.
When asked why Ismail went to Pune to board a flight to Dubai, his father said that the airfares from Bengaluru and Mangaluru were more expensive than from Pune and he decided to fly from Pune.
“He had taken a bus to Pune on Monday (April 4). I saw him off. My son is innocent. He has not done any wrong,” said Rawoof, rubbishing the claim that Ismail was planning to go to Syria.
“Ismail is the eldest of the four children. He was working in Dubai as a labourer and had returned to Bhatkal for his marriage. He wanted to return to Dubai for a better income,” said a local resident.
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Mr Bopanna..... do not mislead and tell lies with your poor knowledge..In Q there is no verse like 9.48.57..... it can be 9.48 OR 9.57... For your information how the verses are quoted in Q
9.48 says Assuredly, they sought to stir up sedition before, and tried to turn things upside down to frustrate to you, until the truth came and Gods decree was made evident, however hateful this was to them.
9.57 says If they could but find a place of refuge , or any cavern,or any place to creep in to hide in, they would turn about and make a bolt for it..
When the real verses are saying like this, then where did you find 9.48 57 and killing ????? in Ramayana or Mahabharatha ?????
Bopanna it is for sure there is messages regarding violence in Quran because it's a complete book of life. It teaches us what to do in case of wars and fithnaas, in the battle field any modern military general will order to kill their enemy. But in Quran every times when it deals with violence Allah says if enemy needs peace stop your war and rescue them to place of safety. In mahabaratha it says many times to kill your cousins. It doesn't mean everyone should kill their cousines , it means in battle field if you find even your cousines in enemy side to kill.
Hope you get my point .
Here it is : \ Whoever changed his Islamic religion, then kill him \".
Bukhari 9.48.57
Still peaceful religion Umar ?"
Mr Bopanna, you do not know how to write Chapter # and Sura #, and you are claiming that you know Q very well.... Instead of writing wrong numbers, why cant you quote , what you have read in Q, and let the readers also know your understandings..... Best wishes... But do not try to cheat the readers with wrong numbers...
Mo Rafique , why no answer to my qustions reg SURA ? I am not RSS man I know Q very well
Bopanna has so much hatred towards Muslims and Islam and yet he is earning his bread in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Whether 2 or 200......terrorists are terrorist....and they belong to your religion
Koran instruct in violence, 4:89; 5:33. 9,5,111,123. 47;4. but still further the Koran also teaches that the Jewish people are descendants of swine and apes.2:65.; 7:166; 5:60. T
@Ummar, if you know who they are then why are you still hiding behind burka ? Give yourself up . Know Islam = No peace.
No Islam = Know peace.
@ BOPANNA,
WE KNOW WHO IS TERRORRIST NO NEED TO EXPLAIN US
Col Purohit and Pragya Singh are just 2 out of crores of Hindus in this country. But look at your religion everywhere it is there are \peaceful\"
Bomb blasts. my statement is true - most MUSLIMS are terrorists. What is Sura 9:27 ?"
ALL HINDUS ARE NOT TERORIST BUT ALL RSS HINDUS ARE MOST DANGER AND MOST STUPID TERORIST
RSS No. 1 Terrorist group .
ACCORDING TO BOPANNA,
KARNAL PUROHITH AND SADHVI PRAJYA SINGH ARE MUSLIMS.
No smoke without fire .... Agreed that not all Muslims are terrorists but ALL terrorists are Muslims.
In fact this was not the case of mistaken identity. They found that the boy is un educated and not having any knowledge of Computer. This boy was not fixed in their frame. Lucky boy escaped the conspiracy.
Always muslim targeted in india in the name of terrorist ,
please don't be confide terrorist are not muslim
who is teeoro he is not muslim.. terror has no religion
If the name \Rawoof\" was the reason for the arrest, they should have arrested his father not him because his name is ISMAIL MUSAB and his father's name is ABDUL RAWOOF.
How intelligent are our intelligent agents."
Suspect is arrested. became national news.
Bhatkal man finally released not a big news.
This s really a tragic to target someone without reason thank god he got released soon.
Why this NIA always targeting Bhatkalis.
NIA should clearly investigate before defaming one, its totally Intolerance,
Alhamdullillah! Thanks to ALLAH...
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