An IIT-Guwahati scholar has been apprehended following suspicions of pledging allegiance to ISIS from Hajo in Assam, on Saturday. The coed is in his fourth 12 months of Biotechnology. He just lately expressed his intention to affix the terrorist group on social media and thru emails earlier than disappearing from the IIT-Guwahati campus. The present incident follows the arrest of Haris Farooqi, the alleged head of ISIS in India, within the Dhubri district. Farooqi was apprehended after reportedly coming into India from Bangladesh.
As per police, a lookout discover was issued for the scholar, initially from Delhi, after he posted an open letter on LinkedIn explaining his motives. He was in Hajo, roughly 30 km from Guwahati, inside the Kamrup district, and brought into custody for questioning. Upon contacting the authorities at IIT-Guwahati, the police have been knowledgeable that the scholar had been reported as “lacking” since midday, and his cell phone was turned off.
Director Normal of Police GP Singh took to ‘X’ to tell concerning the incident, He wrote, “The mentioned scholar has been detained whereas travelling and additional lawful observe up would happen.”In the meantime, Extra Superintendent of Police (STF) Kalyan Kumar Pathak mentioned that they’ve acquired an e mail and after verifying the authenticity of the contents thw police began investigation. The e-mail was despatched by the scholar, through which he claimed that he was on the best way to affix ISIS.
Haris Farooqi, who was allegedly lively since 2019, was apprehended alongside together with his associates by the Assam police on Wednesday. Certainly one of his associates, Anurag Singh alias Rehan, hails from Panipat and transformed to Islam. His partner is a Bangladeshi citizen. Farooqi was suspected to be hiding in Bangladesh and orchestrating the radicalisation of Indians. He has been pivotal in establishing networks in numerous states together with Jharkhand, Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Goa, Punjab, Maharashtra, and Karnataka. Farooqui, initially from Aligarh in Uttar Pradesh, was needed by the Nationwide Investigation Company (NIA).
Concerning the IIT-Guwahati scholar, sources from the Particular Activity Drive reported that he was escorted to his dormitory room the place authorities found a black flag resembling the ISIS flag and an Islamic manuscript. Described as solitary, the scholar did not have companions on campus, in line with the police.