Close X
Monday, March 10, 2025
ADVT 
International

US Designates Indian-Origin Islamic State Man Siddhartha Dhar As Global Terrorist

Darpan News Desk IANS, 24 Jan, 2018 11:59 AM
    The US has designated as global terrorist Indian-origin Islamic State militant from Britain Siddhartha Dhar who is considered to have replaced the dreaded group’s executioner Mohammad Emwazi, known as “Jihadi John”.
     
     
    Dhar, a British Hindu who converted to Islam and now goes by the name Abu Rumaysah, had skipped police bail in the UK to travel to Syria with his wife and young children in 2014.
     
     
    He is believed to be the masked leader who appeared in a January 2016 ISIS video of the execution of several prisoners ISIS accused of spying for the UK, the state department said.
     
     
    A Belgian-Moroccan citizen, Abdelatif Gaini, was also designated as a global terrorist along with Dhar by the US.
     
     
    The US has designated two ISIS members Dhar and Gaini, as Specially Designated Global Terrorists and imposes sanctions on them for committing or posing a significant risk of committing acts of terrorism that threaten the security of US nationals or the national security, a state department spokesperson said yesterday in a statement.
     
     
     
     
    Nihad Barakat, a Yazidi teenager held as a sex slave by ISIS, was quoted as saying by the Independent in May 2016 that she was kidnapped and trafficked by Dhar, who was based in Mosul, the group’s former stronghold in Iraq.
     
     
    Dhar was dubbed the “New Jihadi John” and became a senior commander of the dreaded outfit, the report had said.
     
     
    The latest state department designations seek to deny Dhar and Gaini the resources they need to plan and carry out further terrorist attacks, the spokesperson said.
     
     
    Among other consequences, all of Dhar’s and Gaini’s property and interests in property subject to US jurisdiction are blocked, and US persons are generally prohibited from engaging in any transactions with them, the statement said.
     
     
    Dhar was a leading member of now-defunct terrorist organisation Al-Muhajiroun. In late 2014, he left the UK to travel to Syria to join ISIS, it said.
     
     
    He is considered to have replaced ISIS executioner Emwazi, also known as “Jihadi John”, it said.
     
     
    Gaini, believed to be fighting for ISIS in the Middle East, is connected to UK-based ISIS sympathisers Mohamad Ali Ahmed and Humza Ali, who were convicted in the UK in 2016 of terrorism offenses, the statement said.
     
     
    The action notifies the US public and the international community that Dhar and Gaini have committed or pose a significant risk of committing acts of terrorism, it said.
     
     
    Terrorism designations expose and isolate organisations and individuals, and deny them access to the US financial system. Moreover, designations can assist the law enforcement activities of US agencies and other governments, it added.

    MORE International ARTICLES

    Indian-Origin Female Warrant Officer Jailed For Maid Abuse In Singapore

    Indian-Origin Female Warrant Officer Jailed For Maid Abuse In Singapore
    An Indian-origin former army Warrant Officer was sentenced to four months and three weeks in jail on Monday for abusing and beating her Indian maid.

    Indian-Origin Female Warrant Officer Jailed For Maid Abuse In Singapore

    75 Years Jail For 2 Pakistan College Students For Raping, Killing A Minor

    75 Years Jail For 2 Pakistan College Students For Raping, Killing A Minor
    Musadiq Ahmed and Ahsan Hassan were accused of killing the Class 5 student after allegedly raping him in Sahiwal district, some 230 km from Lahore, in November last year.

    75 Years Jail For 2 Pakistan College Students For Raping, Killing A Minor

    UK Resorting To 'Dirty Politics' Ahead of International Court Of Justice Election: Sources

    UK Resorting To 'Dirty Politics' Ahead of International Court Of Justice Election: Sources
    In all previous incidents, the candidate getting majority in the General Assembly has eventually been elected a judge of The Hague-based International Court of Justice.

    UK Resorting To 'Dirty Politics' Ahead of International Court Of Justice Election: Sources

    School Teacher In US Pulls Off Muslim Student's Hijab

    The teacher pulled off the girl's hijab while she was talking with her friends at the Lake Braddock High School, Virginia.

    School Teacher In US Pulls Off Muslim Student's Hijab

    British Watchdog To Question Schoolgirls On Hijab

    British Watchdog To Question Schoolgirls On Hijab
    The move follows concerns that girls as young as four are being forced to wear the Muslim headscarf to school

    British Watchdog To Question Schoolgirls On Hijab

    Indian Girl Sherin Mathews's Foster Mother Moved To Dallas County Jail

    Indian Girl Sherin Mathews's Foster Mother Moved To Dallas County Jail
    The foster mother of three-year-old Indian girl Sherin Mathews found dead in a culvert in Dallas has been moved to a jail on a charge of abandoning a child.

    Indian Girl Sherin Mathews's Foster Mother Moved To Dallas County Jail