NEW DELHI: Indian anti-terrorism police questioned six men on Thursday, after conducting raids against alleged Islamic State group supporters in the country’s south. The raids on Wednesday in Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu state, came after the arrest in April of an Indian national who allegedly followed Zahran Hashim, the ringleader of the Sri Lanka Easter suicide attacks that killed 258 people. One of them has “been a close associate” of Riyas A, alias Riyas Aboobacker, 29, the alleged Hashim follower arrested by the NIA in April. According to the NIA, Aboobacker admitted he wanted to carry out an attack in Kerala. The accused were being questioned in connection with that material, but in its announcement the NIA did not state any specific charges against them.

Source: Pakistan Today June 14, 2019 07:41 UTC