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Four suspected Islamic State sympathisers detained by security agencies in Kerala

They are being interrogated by the officials of National Investigation Agency (NIA), Research and Analysis Wing (RAW), state police intelligence.

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The National Intelligence Agency(NIA) on Tuesday morning detained four Indians in Kerala, who were deported by the United Arab Emirates government for allegedly being Islamic State sympathisers. 

Two people were detained at Thiruvananthapuram airport and two others  at Karipur airport at around 3:30 am.

According to reports, two youths detained from Thiruvananthapuram  have been identified as Anas of Pulimath and Karthik of Adoor in Pathanamthitta.

They are being interrogated by the officials of National Investigation Agency (NIA), Research and Analysis Wing (RAW), state police intelligence.

Also read: Indian woman involved in recruiting for ISIS deported from UAE, arrested in Hyderabad

World's most dreaded terror organisation ISIS or Islamic State controls a large part of Iraq and Syria and has made headlines for some of the most gruesome killings in the last year.

Last week, an Indian woman allegedly involved in recruiting people for the dreaded Islamic State terror outfit was deported by UAE and subsequently arrested in Hyderabad.

 37-year-old Afsha Jabeen alias 'Nicky Joseph' hails from Hyderabad but had been portraying herself as a British national while luring youth for IS through social media, officials said. She was deported along with husband and children.
 
Jabeen was tracked in Abu Dhabi and after initial questioning, she was deported to Hyderabad where sleuths took her into custody at the airport and questioned her. Police then arrested her and registered a case against her.

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