ISIS terrorist Abu Zaid arrested from Mumbai airport by UP ATS

Mumbai, November 5: Suspected Islamic State terrorist Abu Zaid was detained from Mumbai airport by Uttar Pradesh Anti-Terrorism Squad. Abu Zaid was arrested from Mumbai airport while he was returning from Saudi Arabia. 

"Abu Zaid, suspected ISIS terrorist was arrested by the ATS team from Mumbai Airport yesterday after he came from Saudi Arabia," ADG (Law and order) Anand Kumarsaid at Press Conference.

"He will be brought to Lucknow on a transit remand and will be produced in the court. We will take him in police custody for interrogating him," the ADG said.

Zaid, based out of Riyadh, had formed a social media group to allegedly radicalize youths and lure them to ISIS. He was found to be in touch with terror suspects who earlier arrested by police in Bijnore and western UP as well. He is a resident of Azamgarh who was living in Saudi Arabia and was working to inspire and guide people from India into ISIS. Accumulated evidence from the mobile of the arrested accused was also found.

In April, the ATS had arrested four suspected ISIS terrorist Umar alias Nazim, Ghazi Baba alias Muzammil, Mufti alias Faizan and Jakawan alias Eihtesham. Zaid's name had cropped up during interrogation.

"They used to talk via an application on the Internet and Zaid was their ideologue," the ADG said.

On Thursday, Kerala Police confirmed that six youth from Kannur have joined the Islamic State in Syria. The police claimed that these youngsters were active workers of the Popular Front of India (PFI) in Kerala. Earlier on October 25, three men - Mithilaj, Abdul Razzak and Rashid - with suspected links to the IS were arrested by the Valapattinam police.