Bengaluru man behind IS twitter account arrested
An alumnus of West Bengal Institute of Technology, Biswas was allegedly behind Twitter handle “@shamiwitness”.
Mehdi Masroor Biswas, who was working as an engineer in an MNC in Bengaluru, originally hailed from Kolkata.
He came to Bengaluru in 2011.
Sources said three different teams, including the cyber crime cell, had been formed on Friday and accordingly they launched a manhunt for
him.
The security agencies had also sought records from Twitter, Facebook and Google to track Biswas down, reports said.
UK-based Channel 4 news on Thursday claimed that the man who operated the Twitter handle was one of the most influential recruiters for the
Islamic State. It also said that the man was based in Bengaluru.
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