Ahead of Republic day, police on Friday arrested three Islamic State suspects from different locations in Karnataka and Maharashtra.
Ahead of the Republic day, police on Friday arrested three Islamic State suspects from different locations in Karnataka and Maharashtra .
According to reports, the suspects nabbed from Karnataka have been identified as Najmul Huda and Syed Hussain and were sympathetic towards the terror group ISIS.
Najmul is a resident of Bajpe in Mangalore and a chemical engineering student, while Syed is a resident of Tumkur, say reports.
The suspect nabbed from Maharashtra's Mumbra is said to be in his 30s and was arrested in a joint operation by sleuths from the Maharashtra ATS and the National Investigation Agency (NIA).
The arrest comes two days after the Delhi Police claimed to have unearthed a terror plot to target the ongoing Ardh Kumbh Mela at Haridwar and arrested four persons with suspected ISIS links in Uttarakhand.
With increased activities of ISIS supporters online, the government has taken the threat of the dreaded terror group seriously and asked states to remain alert.
"The ISIS threat is real. As per our input, the days leading to the Republic Day are crucial. We have instructed everyone to be alert against the possibility of 'lone wolf attack' anywhere in the country," a senior government official said.
Mohammad Sirazudin, an executive of the Indian Oil Corporation, who was arrested in Jaipur in December 2015 for allegedly spreading ISIS activities online and trying to recruit Indian youths in the Middle-East terrorist group, was allegedly on the verge of turning into a 'lone wolf'.
Officials have stressed the need for more engagement with members of the minority communities and take them into confidence in government outreach programmes.
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