Guwahati, Mar 24: Touseef Ali Farooqui, a fourth year student of IIT-Guwahati has been arrested under various section namely, u/s 120(B)/121(S)/123 IPC R/w Sec 10/13 UA(P) Act. He was produced before the Court today which granted 10 days police custody.
Police is further investigating the matter.
Farooqui was detained by police last night after he created a sensation when he stated in a social media platform that he joined terror outfit, ISIS, and went missing from IIT Guwahati campus.
After joining the terrorist organization, he had wrote an open letter on LinkedIn stating the reason for his decision. According to police sources, a look out alert was issued, Farooqi, who is a resident of Zakirnagar, Okhla, New Delhi, was found from Hajo in Kamrup district.
The head of ISIS in India, Haris Farooqi, who has been active since 2019, was arrested along with his associates on Wednesday by the Assam police. His associate Anurag Singh alias Rehan belongs to Panipat and converted to Islam while his wife is a Bangladeshi national. Farooqi was suspected to be hiding in Bangladesh and carried out radicalisation of gullible Indian youths.
Farooqi has been instrumental in setting up modules in Jharkhand, Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Goa, Punjab, Maharashtra and Karnataka. Farooqui, who hails from Aligarh in Uttar Pradesh, was wanted by the National Investigation Agency (NIA).
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