Overview
- Cyber monitoring of inciteful posts led the ATS to detain two Raipur teenagers and register a case under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act.
- Officials attribute direction to a Pakistan-based ISIS module that allegedly added the boys to Instagram group chats and encouraged them to spread extremist propaganda.
- Investigators say evidence indicated attempts to build a local module and influence peers using fake accounts, with the duo traced through technical surveillance and produced in court.
- State leaders called it the first such case in Chhattisgarh and signalled plans to strengthen the ATS and identify other potentially radicalised youths, urging the public to report suspect social media activity.
- A senior ATS official told The Hitavada the probe found dark‑web searches for weapon prices, an effort to learn Arabic, and contacts with multiple foreign handlers, while one outlet reported the NIA was notified.