BENGALURU: The alleged handler of the most influential pro-Islamic State (IS) Twitter account Mehdi Masroor Biswas has been remanded to five-day police custody.
“Bengaluru CCB Police has got five days police remand of Mehdi Masroor Biswas. He was presented before the Magistrate last night,” DCP Crime Abhishek Goyal said.
Police had yesterday said that 24-year-old Biswas has “confessed” that he was handling the pro-jihad tweeter “@ShamiWitness” that became a source of incitement and information for new ISIS recruits. He has been arrested under Sec 125 of IPC, Sec-tions 18 and 39 of Unlawful Activities (Preven-tion) Act and Section 66 of the Information Technology act. Mean-while, Goyal has received a threat message in reply to his tweet about the arrest of Biswas.(PTI)