In a revelation that had many pro-ISIS social media accounts shut down, a propagandist for the terror group was revealed to be a businessman in India, far away from the battlefield where many assumed he was Tweeting from.
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In the video interview, he appears to be blaming “the enemies of Islam” for outing him because he was the first Muslim to be spreading Islamist propaganda in English.
A man suspected of being behind a pro-Isis Twitter account has been arrested by Indian police just days after the company executive was exposed by Channel Four.
Mehdi Masroor Biswas, 24, was arrested by police this morning at his home in Belgaluru after they discovered the man’s true identity.
Police are questioning him in connection with waging a war against the state over his online identity.
Police Commissioner M N Reddi said: ‘He was particularly close to the English-speaking terrorists of ISIS and became a source of incitement and information for the new recruits trying to join ISIS/ISIL.’
However, the man’s father said: ‘My son is not linked to any jihadi group.’
India has the world’s third-largest Muslim population, yet police believe that only four Indians have flown to the Middle East for jihad, one of whom was arrested upon his return to India.
A number of Islamic State fanboy accounts in the West are now closing down after Shami Witness was outed!
— Shiraz Maher (@ShirazMaher) December 11, 2014