TOI had first reported on October 21 +NEW DELHI: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has decided to send a team to Manila in the Philippines to interrogate a notorious woman recruiter for the Islamic State (IS) terror group, Karen Aisha Hamidon, who radicalised several Indians in the last three years through social media. Sources said the NIA was already in touch with investigators in Manila following her arrest last month.A proposal for the planned visit would be sent soon through the ministry of home affairs. It was the NIA that first found out about her activities and informed the Filipino authorities last year.The development comes even as Hamidon reportedly claimed before the department of justice in Manila on Friday that she was being "framed". According to reports in Manila-based newspapers, Hamidon told reporters she was just a "blogger" and a "Muslim missionary" against whom false accusations had been levelled by police. I'm an Islamic propagator, I'm a Muslim missionary, the counterpart of a Christian missionary.

Source: Times of India November 04, 2017 21:11 UTC