New Delhi: A madrassa student hailing from Karnataka was detained for questioning by a team of the National Investigation Agency (NIA) for suspected terror links on Sunday.
According to the sources, the student, identified as Farukh, was staying at a madrassa in Deoband of Saharanpur in Uttar Pradesh. The student was let off after eight hours of questioning.
Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Vipin Tada confirmed Farukh’s detention.
Farukh is adept in several languages and was allegedly in touch with a module of the Pakistani intelligence unit ISI through a social media app, sources said. Darul Uloom Deoband’s chief Abdul Kasim Nomani said that in the evening, Farukh was handed over to the authorities of Darul Uloom Deoband.
Earlier this week, the NIA conducted raids at different locations in Bihar in link with the Phulwari Sharif case, which has connections to the extremist outfit Popular Front of India (PFI).
According to reports, the locations where these searches are taking place all belong to members of the Social Democratic Party of India (SDPI). Notably, on June 20, the NIA conducted raids at a Madrassa in Bihar’s Champaran district and arrested a teacher and detained two others, who were later let off after interrogation.
(Vinayak)