more-inA 32-year-old man was arrested by Delhi Police’s Special Cell for trying to cross the Turkey border into Syria allegedly to join the Islamic State. He was deported from Turkey and on July 1 reached the Indira Gandhi International Airport from where he was arrested. “He again tried to cross over but this time, his fake identity was detected and he was deported,” said Mr. Kushwaha. The police claim to have also arrested the man who had helped him get a fake passport from Tamil Nadu. The police said that he had been radicalised by a man in Kerala who is suspected to have links with the Islamic State.

Source: The Hindu July 12, 2017 16:41 UTC