Hyderabad engineer, recruited by Islamic State, arrested

January 16, 2015 19:50

A Hyderabad-based engineer, who has studied in the US, was arrested today by the Telangana police for suspected links with the Islamic State, NDTV reports.

22-year-old Salman Moinuddin, a resident of Asif Nagar in Hyderabad, was stopped by security agencies at the airport yesterday when he was about to take a flight to Dubai. The police say he has confessed that he was going to join the Islamic State.

In Dubai, Moinuddin allegedly planned to join his girlfriend, British national Nicky Joseph, and travel to Syria via Turkey.

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