Indian-origin ISIS man designated as global terrorist by US: All about the ‘New Jihadi John’

Siddhartha Dhar is a British Hindu who converted to Islam and now goes by the name Abu Rumaysah. He had skipped police bail in the UK to travel to Syria with his wife and young children in 2014.

By: Express Web Desk | New Delhi | Updated: January 24, 2018 3:58 pm

All you need to know about 'New Jihadi John'

Siddhartha Dhar, along with a Belgian-Moroccan citizen Abdelatif Gaini, was designated as global terrorist by the State Department on Wednesday.

Indian-origin Islamic State militant from Britain — Siddhartha Dhar — has been designated as a global terrorist by the United States. Dhar, along with a Belgian-Moroccan citizen Abdelatif Gaini, was designated as a global terrorist by the State Department on Tuesday.

“The State Department has designated two ISIS members, Siddhartha Dhar and Abdelatif Gaini, as Specially Designated Global Terrorists under Section 1(b) of Executive Order which also imposes sanctions on foreign persons determined to have committed, or pose a significant risk of committing, acts of terrorism that threaten the security of US nationals or the national security, foreign policy, or economy of the US,” a state department spokesperson said in a statement.