New Delhi: With reports claiming that one of the Jihadis featuring in the latest ISIS video is in fact a suspected Indian Mujaheedin (IM) member who had escaped minutes before the raid on Batla House in 2008, the Congress Party on Tuesday said the authenticity of the footage must first be verified before drawing any conclusions.
According to the reports, Mohammed Sajid alias Bada Sajid is one of the five persons who feature in the 22-minute video allegedly posted by the Islamic State recently. He has allegedly claimed in the video that he was at Batla House when the police had raided the premises but fled afterwards.
“The video’s authenticity should be verified. There are a lot of videos making rounds claiming to be from the IS. It should be probed who he was and how he escaped. It needs to be ascertained if he actually had any link with Batla house encounter,” Congress leader Sandeep Dikshit told ANI.
It is believed that Sajid, who belonged to the Azamgarh module of the IM, had escaped to Nepal en-route Dubai.
“If he is found to be involved then it should be looked into. It is good that NIA is first verifying the authenticity of the video,” Dikshit added.
