Siddhartha Dhar or Abu Rumaysah is being called the new Jihadi John of IS Siddhartha Dhar or Abu Rumaysah is being called the new Jihadi John of ISSiddhartha Dhar, an Indian-origin British citizen who joined the Islamic State and is called the new ‘Jihadi John’, was on Tuesday designated a global terrorist by the US. “He is considered to have replaced IS executioner Mohammad Emwazi, also known as ‘Jihadi John’. Under the US Executive Order 13224, an individual or group is put under the category of Special Designated Global Terrorist (SDGT) to disrupt the financial support network for terrorists and terrorist organisations. Besides Dhar, another IS member Abdelatif Gaini has also been designated as global terrorist. Dhar is said to be the second Indian to have been listed as a global terrorist for his association with the IS by US.

Source: Indian Express January 24, 2018 23:15 UTC