ATS arrests man for planning to join IS in Mumbai

July 14, 2016 19:46

A 31-year-old man was arrested today by the Anti-Terrorism Squad for allegedly trying to join terror group Islamic State with the help of his online contact based in Syria.

The accused, whose name has been withheld by the agency, is a resident of Parbhani in Marathwada region of Maharashtra. As per the press release issued by ATS, the man had been in touch with a person named Farukh, a resident of Syria and an alleged member of the Islamic State, through social networking sites.

The accused had created several IDs to remain in touch with Farukh, it said. "The accused was planning to leave for Iraq and Syria to join IS," the release added. He has been booked under relevant sections of IPC and Unlawful Activities Prevention Act, it added.

Earlier, the link of terror to Marathwada region came to fore as the suspected LeT handler of 26/11 Mumbai attacks Abu Jundal, currently facing trial, hails from the region.

In May 2014, four youths from Kalyan near Mumbai, namely Shaheen Tanki, Fahad Shaikh, Aman Tandel and Arif Majeed had left the country to visit holy places in the West Asia, but they disappeared thereafter and since then were suspected to have joined IS.

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