Arrested IOC official remanded in police custody for 10 days

Imarketing manager Mohd Sirajuddin, arrested for his alleged links with ISIS, was today remanded in police custody for ten days.

He was produced in a local courtwhere the magistrate remanded him in police custody till December 21, officials said.

The 30-year-old man, a native of Gulbarga in Karnataka, was arrested here yesterday by the (SOG) and ATS of Police and charged under the stringent Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act.

The accused was very much influenced by ISIS ideology and was trying to draw Muslim youths into the terror outfit’s fold, Additional (ATS and SOG) Alok Tripahti told PTI.

Tripathi said that central intelligence agencies have already been informed about the man and he will be interrogated and the data will be analysed.