Telangana to Kashmir; How Mohammad Taufeeq was drawn to militancy

The Ansar Ghazwatul Hind, an outfit believed to an offshoot of the global terror group Islamic State, has said the 26-year-old Telangana militant killed in Kashmir was one among its first group of cadres. A 26-year-old Telangana militant killed in Kashmir this week was allegedly drawn to terrorism after a week-long trip to Srinagar five years ago and was subsequently indoctrinated by radical Islamists through social media and messaging services, police said on Thursday. Mohammad Taufeeq, a native of Bhadradri Kothagudem district in east Telangana, was killed by security forces…

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