Assam Police detain IIT Guwahati student on his way to join ISIS

The IIT Guwahati student wrote an email and stated that he was in route to join ISIS

March 24, 2024

Assam: IIT Guwahati student joins ISIS; radicalized Tauseef Ali Farooqui’s open letter sparks alarm

Assam Police detained a student named Tauseef Ali Farooqui, a fourth-year student from IIT Guwahati on Saturday night near Hajo in Assam’s Kamrup district after he allegedly swore allegiance to ISIS and was on his way to join the terrorist outfit.

Additional Superintendent of Police (STF) Kalyan Kumar Pathak said, “We got about to verify the authenticity of the contents after receiving an email and started an investigation… The student wrote the email and stated that he was en route to join ISIS.”

The IIT Guwahati officials were notified right away that the student in question had gone “missing” and that his cell phone had been turned off.

After a search operation was launched, the student was found in the Hajo area, some 30 km from Guwahati, with the assistance of the locals, according to police.

“Following preliminary interrogation, he has been taken to the STF office. We are confirming the email’s motivation,” said Pathak.

According to him, a black flag that was allegedly similar to that of ISIS was found in the student’s dorm room and was being forwarded to specialized organizations that handle banned clothing for verification.

This comes four days after ISIS India chief Haris Farooqi, also known as Harish Ajmal Farukhi, and his accomplice Anurag Singh, also known as Rehan, were taken into custody in the Dhubri district following their crossing from Bangladesh.

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