KABUL: (MEP) Three Hyderabad students arrested before joining Islamic state (IS) terrorist group in Afghanistan, the officials said.
An early-dawn operation jointly conducted by the Telangana police and Maharashtra Anti-terrorist squad (ATS) at Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar international airport in Nagpur.
according to officials, the missing complaints were lodged at different police stations in Telangana state by the respective families after the students left home on Thursday.
Telangana police had informed Maharashtra ATS after it came to fore that the men were heading to Nagpur to take a flight for Srinagar.
The three men have been identified as Abdul Wasim, Umar Hasan Farooqui and Majh Hasan Farooque, and they would be produced before Hyderabad court later on Saturday. The police is likely to seek their remand for custodial interrogations to unearth the links.
Out of three, two were intercepted earlier also on their way to Afghanistan by the intelligence agencies.
