NEW DELHI: Isis India head and an associate were arrested in Assam’s Dhubri district on Wednesday after they crossed over from Bangladesh, Assam Police reported.
According to Pranabjyoti Goswami, the Assam Police chief public relations officer, they were apprehended in the Dharmasala area by the Special Task Force (STF) following a tip-off. The suspects were later transported to the STF office in Guwahati for further proceedings.
“The identity of both of them was ascertained and it is found that accused Haris Farooqi, alias Harish Ajmal Farukhi of Chakrata, Dehradun, is the head of Isis in India,” he added.
His associate Anurag Singh, alias Rehan of Panipat, converted to Islam, while his wife is a Bangladeshi national, the CPRO said.
“Both of them are highly indoctrinated and motivated leaders/members of Isis in India. They had furthered the cause of Isis in India through conspiracies to carry out recruitment, terror funding and terror acts by means of IEDs at several places across India,” the statement said.
The police official said several cases are pending against them at NIA, Delhi, ATS and Lucknow among other places.
“STF, Assam, will hand over the accused to NIA for taking up further legal actions against these fugitives,” he added.
(With inputs from agencies)