Assam police stop Okhla-native IIT-Guwahati student from joining terror group ISIS
The student had pledged allegiance to ISIS and was travelling to join the group, the police said.
This came four days after ISIS India head Haris Farooqi alias Harish Ajmal Farukhi and his associate Anurag Singh alias Rehan were arrested in Dhubri district after they crossed over from Bangladesh.
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The police took action after receiving an email.
The student had sent the email that he was on his way to join ISIS.
"After receiving an email, we got about to verify the authenticity of the contents and started an investigation," Additional Superintendent of Police (STF) Kalyan Kumar Pathak said.
He said the police then contacted the IIT-Guwahati authorities to know his whereabouts. The student had been missing since noon and his mobile phone was switched off.
The student is from Delhi's Okhla. He is a fourth-year graduate student in IIT-Guwahati.
The police nabbed him from Hajo, 30 kilometers from Guwahati, with help of locals, the officer said.
After initial questioning, he has been brought to the STF office. We are verifying the motive of the email," Pathak added.
The police found a black flag from his hostel room. It was similar to that of ISIS, he added.
"We are going through the items seized, it is too early to say much. We are investigating the intention of sending the email. The student has given some details, but we cannot disclose anything further now," Pathak added.
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