Suspected ISIS recruit on way to Syria held at Pune airport

A suspected ISIS recruit was detained at the Pune airport on Tuesday as he was leaving the country and flying to Dubai for onward journey to Syria. He was detained at 11 am on Tuesday morning. IB and NIA are jointly interrogating him. Officials have identified the youth as Ismail Abdul Raoof, a resident of Nawayat Colony in Bhatkal. Security agencies have been keeping a strict vigil after his name cropped up during internet chats with members of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), which is being monitored by sleuths to look for possible followers of the terror group, active in parts of Syria and Iraq. 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 the banned terror group. With inputs from Agencies