Riyas was arrested a day later on suspicion of being an Islamic State (IS) recruit and “for conspiring to commit a terrorist act”. According to the NIA, Riyas was in touch with at least two men from the group of 22 that left Kerala in 2016 to join the Islamic State in Afghanistan. But I never expected that he would be arrested for links to the Islamic State,” said Aboobacker. According to the family, Riyas turned to the Internet to learn more about religion because the family never sent him to a madrasa. “But we never expected that he would have links to the Islamic State,” he said.

Source: Indian Express April 30, 2019 23:28 UTC