India's NIA tightens grip on Islamic State operatives with eye on Kashmir
India's National Investigation Agency (NIA) had earlier this week arrested an Islamic State operative in Karnataka , who had also travelled to Kashmir to deepen the ISIS roots. Working in coordination with the Karnataka Police, the anti-terror agency arrested Mundadiguttu Sadananda Marla Deepthi Marlah following her suspected ISIS links. Marlah alias Maryam is the wife of Anas Abdul Rahiman, a resident of Mangalore and daughter-in-law of B M Basha, son of late B M Idinabba, the three-time Congress MLA from the Ullal constituency. NIA said that, during the investigation, it has been revealed that after the decline of ISIS Caliphate in Syria/Iraq, Maryam and Mohammad Ameen, who was arrested in March 2021 by the agency, had visited Kashmir in January and March 2020 for Hijrah (religious migration) and for engaging in terrorist acts and supporting the activities of ISIS. Investigation has also revealed that Marlah or Deepthi Marlah was the kingpin of the instant ISIS conspiracy alo