UAE deports 4 Indians for suspected Islamic State link

After the first round of questioning, three Indians came back to Kerala. Three others were deported by UAE authorities later while four were deported in the early hours of Tuesday.

Written by: Deeptiman Tiwary, Sagnik Chowdhury

2 min readNew DelhiSep 16, 2015 04:17 AM IST First published on: Sep 16, 2015 at 12:58 AM IST

Four young men from Kerala who had been staying in the UAE were sent back to India Tuesday for allegedly sharing Islamic State (IS) propaganda. Intelligence agencies, meanwhile, have learnt that a man from Kerala, identified only as Riyaz, had been instrumental in getting the youths together and bringing them closer to IS.

Riyaz was helped by a Bangladesh national who is suspected to be dead.

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The four were freed after questioning, officials said.

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Sources said there were 11 young men from Kerala who were part of the group. UAE authorities became suspicious of the group after monitoring their social media traffic. They began questioning them after Riyaz and the Bangladeshi national went missing.