CHANDIGARH: A team of the National Investigation Agency (NIA) today arrested a 23-year-old youth Abid Khan from a village of Himachal Pradesh for allegedly being an ISIS sympathizer.
Sources said that Khan a resident of Bengaluru was living in a church in Banjar town in Kullu district of Himachal Pradesh, Kulu for the last six months. He was staying here under a fake identity of Paul and was working as a helper. A mobile phone and a laptop were recovered from his possession.
Kullu Superintendent of Police Padam Chand, confirming Khan’s arrest said that it was a joint operation of NIA with Kullu police. `` Khan was planning to reach Syria via Indonesia and had recently visited Sri Lanka. We have registered against him.’’
He is likely to be produced in a court in Kullu town on Sunday.
Sources said the NIA had arrested two suspects in New Delhi in January this year and Khan was in touch with them.