The head of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) in India, and an associate were arrested from Assam’s Dhubri district on Wednesday (20 March), said Indian police.
“A team of the Special Task Force (STF) apprehended them in the Dharmasala area following a tip-off. The suspects were later transported to the STF office in Guwahati for further proceedings,” said Assam Police Chief Public Relations Officer Pranabjyoti Goswami, reports Times of India.
"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 a Bangladeshi national, the Assam police official added.
"Both of them are highly indoctrinated and motivated 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 using IEDs at several places across India," said Pranabjyoti Goswami.
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 further added.
According to the Assam police, the two ISIS members were arrested after they crossed over from Bangladesh.
However, Bangladesh First could not independently verify the claim.
