18 youths stopped on way to ISIS

In the past six months, 18 youths have been stopped while they were about to leave India to join the ISIS.

This was revealed at a two-day meeting of DGPs in Guwahati organised by the Intelligence Bureau (IB) where the threat posed by outfits such as the ISIS was discussed. On Saturday, the IB gave a 15-minute presentation on “strategy to counter radicalisation and foil attempts to attract youth to ISIS and Qaedat al Jihad (the new branch of al-Qaeda created for the subcontinent)”.

In the case of all the 18 youths who were stopped, local police were alerted by the parents or family members. The youths belonged to West Bengal, Kerala, Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh.