IIT Student Attempting to Join ISIS Terror Outfit Detained in Assam

Guwahati: A student of IIT-Guwahati student, who had allegedly pledged allegiance to ISIS and was on his way to joining the terror group, was detained by the police in Assam. The student was apprehended in the Hajo area near Guwahati on Saturday evening.

This IIT student was nabbed four 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.

“Reference @IITGuwahati student pledging allegiance to ISIS – the said student has been detained while travelling and further lawful follow up would take place,” Director General of Police GP Singh posted on X on Saturday.

Police found an email sent by the student, in which he claimed that he was on his way to joining ISIS.

It was found that the said student had been “missing” since noon and his mobile phone was also switched off. This fourth-year student of IIT-Guwahati hailed from Okhla in Delhi.

Police nabbed him from the Hajo area, around 30 km from Guwahati, on Saturday evening. A black flag, “purportedly similar to that of ISIS”, was found in his hostel room.