ISIS India Chief Haris Farooqi And His Associate Arrested In Assam

Haris Farooqi, ISIS India Head and his aide, Anurag Singh have been arrested in Assam, after they crossed over from Bangladesh. This has been confirmed by the Assam Police.

Written by: Ananya Srivastava

Updated: March 20, 2024, 10:23 PM IST

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ISIS India Chief and Associate Arrested (File Photo)

New Delhi: The Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) is a militant Islamist organisation which no one is unaware of. There is an ISIS India group which works inside the country and in a latest news development, the ISIS India Chief, Haris Farooqi, whose alias is Harish Ajmal Faruqi has been arrested by the Special Task Force (STF) of the Assam Police, Along with Haris Farooqi, a close associate of him, Rehan alias Anurag Singh has also been arrested by the police. Who are they, why and how have they been arrested, here’s all you need to know…

ISIS India Chief Arrested By Assam Police

As mentioned earlier, ISIS India head and one of his associates were arrested in Assam’s Dhubri district on Wednesday after they crossed over from Bangladesh, police said. “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,” Assam Police chief public relations officer Pranabjyoti Goswami said in a statement.

Haris Farooqi Close Aide Rehan Also Arrested

Along with Haris Farooqi, his associate Anurag Singh, alias Rehan of Panipat, got converted to Islam, while his wife is a Bangladeshi national, the CPRO said. In a statement, Assam Police chief public relations officer Pranabjyoti Goswami said they were apprehended from Dharmasala area by the Special Task Force (STF) following a tip-off. They were later brought to the STF office in Guwahati, he added.

Why Have Haris Farooqi And Rehan Been Arrested?

“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.

(Inputs from PTI)