IS recruit detained at Pune airport

A suspected Islamic State recruit was detained at the Pune airport yesterday as he was leaving the country and flying to Dubai for onward journey to Syria. Quoting Maharashtra Police sources, UNI reports that the detained person has been identified as Raoof Ahmed, a resident of Bhatkal in north Karnataka. 

Security agencies have been keeping a strict vigil after his



name cropped up during internet chats with members of the Islamic State terror group. Sources said, Ahmed was detained after Union Home Ministry issued a Look Out Circular against him sometime back. At least 14 youths have been arrested early this year by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) as part of its probe on indoctrination of youths by Islamic State terror group.