Kasaragod: Yasmeen Ahmed Sahid was produced at District sessions court on Aug 5 after she was arrested in New Delhi in connection with her allegiance to terror outfit ISIS. She was arrested after 17 people went missing from Thrikkaripura and Padanna areas of Kasaragod district where she is accused of facilitating them to travel abroad to join ISIS.

Yasmeen (29), hailing from Patna in Bihar, who is under judicial custody was produced in the court amid tight police security. She was accompanied by her 4-year-old son on her way to court. She was sent to police custody for 3 days.

She was brought from Kannur jail after the court had issued production warrant when Hosadurga DySP requested the court to hand her over to their custody for further investigation. Yasmeen , a divorcee has close connections with prime accused Abdul Rashid (32). This helped the police to nab her initially in Delhi.

It is learnt that Abdul Rashid was instrumental in getting Yasmeen a teacher’s job in a Mallapuram school.

She is charged under Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (UAPA) and police will be taking her to places like Thrikkaripura and Malappuram to gather more information. The seized ATM card in Abdul Rashid’s wife’s name confirms the multiple financial transactions between Rashid and Yasmeen after they went missing along with many others.

Rashid had deposited cash in his wife’s account by means of which Yasmeen managed to flee to Kabul in Afghanistan. Yasmeen had withdrawn money using the ATM card and around Rs 70,000 was available in the account when she was arrested.

The police have seized 2 passports and 620 American dollars from her after arrest. The police have intensified investigations after her arrest and are trying to gather more leads by taking her around to various locations amid tight security.

Yasmeen will be again produced in the district sessions court on Aug 8.