New Delhi, August 8: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) of India has arrested a Muslim student on a fake case. Mohsin Ahmad, originally hailing from Patna in Indian state Bihar, was arrested from his Batla House residence by a search party on Saturday, a spokesperson of the Indian agency said. The Indian agency spokesperson claimed the NIA conducted a search in the residential premises and subsequently arrested him in the case pertaining to ISIS' online and on-ground activities. The family of a first-year engineering student, who was arrested from Southeast Delhi have firmly denied the allegations against him by NIA agency. The family said they will challenge the claims in court. They arrived in Delhi from Patna this morning. Mohsin has three sisters, and his father works in the railways.
"If he was raising funds, he should have had lots of money. The day before yesterday, he messaged me to ask for ₹ 4,000 to do a coding course," one of his sisters told NDTV.
"He was very helpful. He used to do social service, collecting donations and distributing food grains to the poor during Covid lockdown," she said.
"The allegations are totally false, we will challenge them in court. He may not even have understood what he was doing. He took two attempts to clear his engineering entrance. My brother is very naive and gullible. I don't think he knew what ISIS was," she added.
Mohsin's mother said, "He came to Delhi only on July 12. He was living in Delhi with his friend and cousin."
He lived in Delhi's Batla House area and was enrolled at the Jamia Millia Islamia university.