Forced to chant 'Jai Shri Ram' inside Tihar, alleged ISIS terrorist tells Delhi court

The accused was arrested in 2018 on the allegations of being member of an ISIS-inspired group planning suicide attacks in Delhi. The man alleged his fellow inmates at Tihar jail beat him up and forced him to chant religious slogans.

An alleged ISIS member arrested for planning suicide attacks and serial blasts across the country, approached a Delhi court on Wednesday claiming that he was beaten up by other inmates in Tihar jail and forced to chant 'Jai Shri Ram'. The accused, Rashid Zafar, was arrested in 2018 on the allegations of being member of an ISIS-inspired group who were planning suicide attacks and serial blasts, targeting politicians as also government installations in Delhi and other parts of north India. Advocate M S Khan claimed in the application, which is likely to come up for hearing on Thursday, that the incident was disclosed by the accused to his father telephonically from Tihar Jail.