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75 arrested in India for suspected links with Islamic State

PTI3_8_2017_000058B [File] Arms, ammunition and other items recovered from a suspected terrorist who was recently killed in Lucknow during an encounter | PTI

Of the 75 people, 21 people were arrested from Kerala

A total of 75 people were arrested from different states for alleged links with Islamic State terror group, the Centre said on Wednesday.

Minister of State for Home, Hansraj Ahir informed the Rajya Sabha that as per the available information, the National Investigation Agency (NIA) and state police had arrested altogether 75 individuals for suspected links to the IS terror network.

Of the 75 persons, 21 were arrested from Kerala, 16 from Telangana, 9 from Karnataka, 8 from Maharashtra, 6 from Madhya Pradesh, 4 from Uttarakhand, 3 from Uttar Pradesh, 2 from Rajasthan, 4 from Tamil Nadu and one each from Jammu and Kashmir and West Bengal.

Ahir said a few incidents of unfurling of flags of IS by some misguided youths were noticed on different occasions in Jammu and Kashmir in the recent past.

"Police and public order being State subjects, the state government concerned has been directed to take appropriate action against such elements as per relevant provisions of law," he said in a written reply.

Quoting reports of the security agencies, the minister added that a few educated youths got attracted to the IS ideology through social media. 

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