Tuesday, September 15, 2015

Suspected Islamic State sympathisers detained at Trivandrum Airport

Thiruvananthapuram: Central and state intelligence agencies have detained two Malayali youths deported from Dubai in UAE for being suspected sympathisers of Islamic State (IS) at Trivandrum International Airport. They are being interrogated by the officials of National Investigation Agency (NIA), Research and Analysis Wing (RAW), state police intelligence and Immigration department.

Official sources identified the youths as Anas of Pulimath near Kilimanoor in Thiruvananthapuram and Karthik of Adoor in Pathanamthitta. They reached here in an Etihad Airlines flight that touched down here at 3.30 am on Tuesday. They are being interrogated inside the airport.
Sources in the immigration department said that the two youths were allegedly detained in Dubai a week ago for supporting Islamic State ideology on social media.
Meanwhile, it is also learned that two youths, deported for similar charged, were detained and being interrogated at Karipur International Airport too.
15/09/15 Rejith Balakrishnan & M P Prashanth/Times of India
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