On Saturday a fourth-year student from Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Guwahati was arrested in Hajo, Assam.
The reason, he had pledged allegiance to the Islamic State (ISIS) and was travelling to join the terrorist outfit.
In a post on X, Assam’s Director General of Police (DGP) GP Singh said, “Reference IIT Guwahati student pledging allegiance to ISIS – the said student has been detained while travelling and further lawful follow up would take place.”
The student was arrested 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 had crossed over from Bangladesh.
Additional Superintendent of Police (Special Task Force also known as STF) Kalyan Kumar Pathak said, “After receiving an email, we got about to verify the authenticity of the contents and started an investigation.”
ASP Pathak said that IIT-Guwahati’s authorities were immediately contacted, who informed them that the said student had been missing since noon and his mobile phone was also switched off. A search was started to locate him and he was nabbed from the Hajo area, around 30 km from Guwahati, in the evening with the help of locals, he added. The student hailed from Delhi’s Oklha
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