Guwahati, 24 Mar: An IIT Guwahati student who had allegedly pledged allegiance to the ISIS was arrested under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act on Sunday, a senior official said here.
The accused, Touseef Ali Farooqui, who is a 4th-year student of bioscience, was detained on Saturday.
Assam Police’s Special Task Force (STF) Inspector General Parthasarathi Mahanta told PTI that after interrogating him, police found credible evidence of his links with the ISIS and he was arrested.
“We produced him in the court, which has sent him to police custody for 10 days. We also carried out a search in his hostel room inside the IIT Guwahati campus,” Mahanta said.
Farooqui, who hails from Delhi, was arrested under various sections of the Indian Penal Code and Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, he added.
On Saturday, he was detained at Hajo in Kamrup district while he was on his way to join the ISIS after allegedly pledging allegiance to the terror group.
The student was detained three 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. (PTI)