Assam Inspector Common of Police (IGP) Partha Sarathi Mahanta in a press convention after ISIS India head and considered one of his associates had been arrested in Dhubri district, in Guwahati on March 21, 2024.
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An IIT-Guwahati pupil who had allegedly pledged allegiance to ISIS and was travelling to hitch the fear group was detained at Hajo on March 23 night, police stated.
The coed was nabbed 4 days after the ISIS India head Haris Farooqi alias Harish Ajmal Farukhi and his affiliate Anurag Singh alias Rehan had been arrested in Dhubri district after that they had crossed over from Bangladesh.
“Reference IIT Guwahati pupil pleading allegiance to ISIS – the stated pupil has been detained whereas travelling and additional lawful observe up would happen,” Director-Common of Police G.P. Singh posted on X.
Extra Superintendent of Police (STF) Kalyan Kumar Pathak stated, “After receiving an electronic mail, we acquired about to confirm the authenticity of the contents and began an investigation.”
The e-mail was despatched by the scholar, by which he claimed that he was on the way in which to hitch ISIS.
Mr. Pathak stated the IIT-Guwahati authorities had been instantly contacted, who knowledgeable them that the stated pupil had been “lacking’ since midday and his cell phone was additionally switched off.
He’s a fourth-year pupil and hailed from Okhla in Delhi, he added.
A search was began to find him and he was nabbed from the Hajo space, round 30 km from Guwahati, within the night with the assistance of locals, the ASP stated.
“After preliminary questioning, he has been delivered to the STF workplace. We’re verifying the motive of the e-mail,” Mr. Pathak stated.
He stated a black flag, “purportedly just like that of ISIS”, was present in his hostel room and was being despatched for verification to specialised businesses which take care of proscribed outfits.
“We’re going via the gadgets seized, it’s early to say a lot. We’re investigating the intention of sending the e-mail. The coed has given some particulars, however we can’t disclose something additional now,” Mr. Pathak added.
