Suspected ISIS Recruit Detained At Pune Airport On Way To Syria

New Delhi: A suspected ISIS recruit was detained at the Pune airport today as he was leaving the country and flying to Dubai, from where he would have travelled to Syria.

Officials identified the suspect as Raoof Ahmed, a resident of Bhatkal in north Karnataka.

Security agencies have been keeping a strict track after his name cropped up during internet chats with members of ISIS, which is being monitored by officials to look for possible followers of the terror group, active in parts of Syria and Iraq.

They said Ahmed was detained as the Union Home Ministry had issued a Look Out Circular against him sometime back.

At least 14 people have been arrested this year by the National Investigation Agency or NIA as part of its probe on indoctrination of young people by the banned terror group.