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Over 60% of IS Twitter voice Mehdi Biswas' followers were non-Muslims: Rajnath
Fp Archives •Over 60 percent followers of Mehdi Biswas, the Bengaluru-based executive, who was running a pro-ISIS twitter account, were non-Muslims, said Rajnath Singh.

Damned by the T-shirt: What led police to Mehdi Biswas, voice behind Twitter handle @ShamiWitness
Fp Staff •Mehdi Masroor Biswas, the Bengaluru ITC executive who allegedly ran the pro-ISIS Twitter handle @ShamiWitness, has been arrested by the Bengaluru police. Here's all we know about the case.
Twitter India chief summoned over Mehdi Masroor Biswas case
Tech2 News Staff •The Bengaluru police has reportedly summoned Twitter India's marketing head to get under the hood of the Mehendi Masroor Biswas case.

Mehdi Biswas held: NIA interrogates parents of pro-IS Twitter handle @ShamiWitness
Fp Archives •Officials of the National Investigation Agency (NIA) today interrogated the parents of Mehdi Masroor Biswas, the alleged handler of the pro-Islamic State (IS) Twitter account, who was recently arrested in Bengaluru.
Indian police arrests 24-year old for pro-Islamic State tweets
Fp Archives •Indian police arrested a 24-year-old believed to be the handler of an influential Twitter account supporting the Islamic State group, officials said.

Don't believe my son had links with ISIS, his account was hacked: Biswas' father
Fp Archives •Biswas' father, who was employed with the West Bengal electricity board, refused to believe that his son has any terror links and claimed his account was hacked.

ITC confirms Mehdi Biswas, who ran pro-ISIS Twitter account was their employee
Fp Archives •Mehdi Masroor Biswas, an Indian supporter of the Islamic State (IS) terror group, who was arrested in Bengaluru on early Saturday, is an employee of Indian conglomerate ITC Ltd.

Police arrest Bengaluru exec behind ISIS Twitter handle @ShamiWitness
Fp Archives •Bengaluru-based engineer Mehdi Masroor Biswas, who was named by UK-based Channel 4 as the man behind terror group Islamic State's (IS) most influential Twitter handle, was today arrested from his flat and slapped with charges of "waging war" and unlawful activities.

Bengaluru executive confesses to handling Islamic State Twitter account
Fp Staff •The Bengaluru-based executive denied that he was pro-Islamic State voice behind @ShamiWitness and he admitted to the allegations to get the reporter off his back.

Has @ShamiWitness fled Bengaluru? Here's all we know about the Islamic State's voice
Fp Staff •The Bangalore advertising executive who allegedly ran the most successful Twitter account for ISIS @ShamiWitness has most likely run away from the city.


