COIMBATORE: The National Investigation Agency questioned a 26-yer-old youth in Mettupalayam in Tamil Nadu for his suspected links with ISIS militant group.The youth, identified as Amir of Rangaraja Layout in Teacher's Colony in Mettupalayam, who is running a mobile sales and service shop, was picked up by a NIA team from Kochi on Friday morning.Amir, who has no criminal record in the local police stations, was taken to Mettupalayam station and questioned him. NIA officials recovered a mobile phone and five SIM cards from him.While NIA sleuths were tightlipped, district police officials said Amir had attempted to establish telephone contacts with a few ISIS extremists in Syria. He had been under shadow watch since March, police said.After questioning him for hours, the officials let him go. He was asked to appear before them in Kochi on October 9.

Source: Times of India October 06, 2017 11:37 UTC