KARACHI: Shaikh Mohammed Imran, the Daesh recruiter in Pakistan arrested earlier this week, has been giving investigators a picture of how Daesh recruits young people through social media platforms.
Khilafati, alias Saiful Islam Khilafati, told Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) officials that a Daesh handler named Baba Jani, based on the Pakistan-Afghanistan border, had been recruiting young people in Pakistan through Facebook, brainwashing them and then adding them to a group on Telegram.
The encrypted messaging platform Telegram is safe and untraceable, according to the handler.
Handler Baba Jani recruited Naureen Leghari, the would-be suicide bomber, who planned to attack a church in Lahore last Easter.
Leghari had regularly communicated with Khilafati on Telegram before her arrest by the FIA, according to documents seen by Arab News.
Khilafati was sent to prison on judicial custody on Thursday.
“Imran (Khilafati) had been an active member of Daesh’s cyber network, which recruited Leghari,” FIA official Rehmatullah Domki told Arab News.
Before connecting with the terrorist outfit through social media, Khilafati regularly went to hear sermons at a local mosque. After a while the sermons turned into jihadi propaganda, the FIA official said.
According to FIA, Khilafati was born in Karachi in 1996. Sent to several schools by his late father, eventually he abandoned his education. Jobless, he stayed at home.
In 2015, Khilafati joined Pakistan-based militant group Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) after being inspired by jihadi posters. He then joined Daesh after becoming Facebook friends with Baba Jani, who persuaded him to join the group.
He started using Telegram for voice chatting worldwide on the advice of his handler, Baba Jani.
“Accused Imran remained in close contact with Daesh activist Mohammed Mehdi Ul Huda (Telegram name Muhammad Moaz Mehdi), a resident of Multan city, through Telegram.
“He was controlled and supervised by the Daesh Commander named Baba Jani, who manages cross border movement on Afghanistan border. He is also involved in recruitment and training of potential and motivated youth,” the document added.
Khilafati, alias Saiful Islam Khilafati, told Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) officials that a Daesh handler named Baba Jani, based on the Pakistan-Afghanistan border, had been recruiting young people in Pakistan through Facebook, brainwashing them and then adding them to a group on Telegram.
The encrypted messaging platform Telegram is safe and untraceable, according to the handler.
Handler Baba Jani recruited Naureen Leghari, the would-be suicide bomber, who planned to attack a church in Lahore last Easter.
Leghari had regularly communicated with Khilafati on Telegram before her arrest by the FIA, according to documents seen by Arab News.
Khilafati was sent to prison on judicial custody on Thursday.
“Imran (Khilafati) had been an active member of Daesh’s cyber network, which recruited Leghari,” FIA official Rehmatullah Domki told Arab News.
Before connecting with the terrorist outfit through social media, Khilafati regularly went to hear sermons at a local mosque. After a while the sermons turned into jihadi propaganda, the FIA official said.
According to FIA, Khilafati was born in Karachi in 1996. Sent to several schools by his late father, eventually he abandoned his education. Jobless, he stayed at home.
In 2015, Khilafati joined Pakistan-based militant group Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) after being inspired by jihadi posters. He then joined Daesh after becoming Facebook friends with Baba Jani, who persuaded him to join the group.
He started using Telegram for voice chatting worldwide on the advice of his handler, Baba Jani.
“Accused Imran remained in close contact with Daesh activist Mohammed Mehdi Ul Huda (Telegram name Muhammad Moaz Mehdi), a resident of Multan city, through Telegram.
“He was controlled and supervised by the Daesh Commander named Baba Jani, who manages cross border movement on Afghanistan border. He is also involved in recruitment and training of potential and motivated youth,” the document added.
