An IIT-Guwahati scholar was detained by police on Saturday after he allegedly pledged allegiance to the Islamic State. The fourth-year scholar had claimed on a social media platform and emails that he supposed to affix the phobia outfit and went lacking from the IIT-Guwahati campus.
He was later traced from Hajo in Assam’s Kamrup district.
The coed was nabbed 4 days after ISIS India head Haris Farooqi alias Harish Ajmal Farukhi and his affiliate Anurag Singh alias Rehan had been arrested in Dhubri district after they’d crossed over from Bangladesh, reported information company PTI.
“Reference IIT Guwahati student pleading allegiance to ISIS – the said student has been detained while travelling and further lawful follow up would take place,” Director-Normal of Police GP Singh posted on X.
“After receiving an email, we went to verify the authenticity of the contents and started an investigation,” a senior police official mentioned.
He added that the e-mail was despatched by a scholar, during which he claimed that he was on the best way to affix ISIS. Subsequently, IIT-Guwahati authorities had been instantly contacted, who knowledgeable that the mentioned scholar 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, the senior police official said.
“After preliminary questioning, he was delivered to the STF workplace. We’re verifying the motive of the e-mail,” he added.
A black flag, “purportedly just like that of ISIS”, and an Islamic manuscript were found in the hostel room of the student who hailed from Okhla in Delhi, Assam’s Special Task Force (STF) said.
“We’re going by means of the objects 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 not disclose something additional now,” senior police official said.