Islamic State of Iraq and Syria-India head Haris Farooqi and his aide were arrested in Assam’s Dhubri on Wednesday, a leading news agency reported. The duo was nabbed after they crossed over from Bangladesh, the police said.
In a statement, Assam Police said the Special Task Force apprehended them from Dharmasala area following a tip-off. They were then brought to the STF office in Guwahati. To subscribe please click tau.id/2iy6f and access our live channel.
The ISIS India Chief, Haris Farooqi, whose alias is Harish Ajmal Faruqi has been arrested by the Special Task Force (STF) of the Assam Police, Along with Haris Farooqi, a close associate of him, Rehan alias Anurag Singh has also been arrested by the police.
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Assam Police chief public relations officer Pranabjyoti Goswami said in a statement, “The identity of both of them was ascertained and it is found that accused Haris Farooqi, alias Harish Ajmal Farukhi of Chakrata, Dehradun, is the head of ISIS in India.”
His associate Anurag Singh, alias Rehan of Panipat, converted to Islam while his wife is Bangladeshi, the CPRO confirmed. “Both of them are highly indoctrinated and motivated leaders/members of Isis in India. They had furthered the cause of Isis in India through conspiracies to carry out recruitment, terror funding and terror acts by means of IEDs at several places across India,” the statement said.
The police official said several cases are pending against them at NIA, Delhi, ATS and Lucknow among other places. “STF, Assam, will hand over the accused to NIA for taking up further legal actions against these fugitives,” he added.
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