A suspected operator of Lashkar-e-Toiba, Syed Mohammad Idris, arrested in Hyderabad for allegedly indoctrinating youth from Bengal, was found guilty by a National Investigation Agency (NIA) court in Calcutta on Wednesday. In 2020, police arrested a student from Bengal on similar charges of recruiting youths in terror modules through social media platforms. Tania Parveen was arrested from Baduria in North 24-Parganas for allegedly contacting youth and indoctrinating them to join terror outfits. After her arrest, the police had reportedly found that she was a member of more than 50 WhatsApp groups through which she was allegedly recruiting youths for terroroutfits. The case against Tania is still under investigation, NIA officials said.

Source: The Telegraph January 23, 2026 01:47 UTC