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3 Hyderabad youth bound for ISIS camp held
Three Hyderabad-based cousins, who allegedly planned to join \"jihadi terror groups\", were on Saturday detained at the Nagpur International airport while on their way to Srinagar in a joint operation conducted by the Telangana police and Maharashtra Anti-Terrorist Squad (ATS), months after they were put under watch for being influenced by online ISIS propaganda.
Nagpur/Hyderabad: Three Hyderabad-based cousins, who allegedly planned to join "jihadi terror groups", were on Saturday detained at the Nagpur International airport while on their way to Srinagar in a joint operation conducted by the Telangana police and Maharashtra Anti-Terrorist Squad (ATS), months after they were put under watch for being influenced by online ISIS propaganda.
The youths, in their 20s, were counselled by the Telangana police last year after they were caught while allegedly planning to join the ISIS and have been under watch since then.
"They have a jihadi kind of mindset. They had reached Nagpur on Friday by road. They were going to Srinagar. But they do not have any connection with the ISIS as of now. We do not know of anything which can suggest that they were in touch with ISIS people," a senior Intelligence Official of Telangana police said.
"The trio wanted to reach Srinagar from where they wanted to explore (the idea of) joining some terror organisation. They did not have any well prepared plan but they wanted to explore ways to join some jihadi terror organisation," he said.
About two days ago, they ran away from their homes about which the police were informed by their family members.
The police tracked them down at Nagpur and alerted the Maharashtra ATS following which they were picked up, a senior Special Branch Official of Hyderabad Police said.
Asked on reports that the trio were planning to join the ISIS, the official said, "As per our information, they don't have any such plans...however, if there is something such in their minds we need to ascertain it."
Last year, they had got attracted to ISIS propaganda online and when the police came to know about it, they were caught and counselled following which they stopped the activity.
"All three are being brought back to Hyderabad. Once they are in Hyderabad we will question them to check from them on their plans. Only after questioning them we will come to know about if they had any other intentions (joining ISIS or any other terror organisation)...then we will proceed further accordingly," the official said.
"There is no case against the trio and they have not been arrested. They have been only picked up," he said clarifying on reports that they have been arrested.
