Aligarh Muslim University student arrested by NIA over alleged links with ISIS

The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Thursday arrested a 19-year-old student of Uttar
Pradesh's Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) for his alleged links with ISIS, a proscribed terrorist
organisation.

The accused, Faizan Ansari alias Faiz, was arrested after searches at his house and rented
accommodation in Jharkhand and Uttar Pradesh as part of NIA's crackdown against modules of
ISIS operating in the country, said the NIA.

Faizan has been taken into custody in a case registered by the NIA on July 19 under relevant
sections of the Indian Penal Code and Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act. The agency will be
progressing with its investigations to unravel all the facets of the international conspiracy.

The searches at the house of the accused in Lohardaga district of Jharkhand and a rented
room in Aligarh in Uttar Pradesh were conducted on July 16 and 17 and several electronic
devices and incriminating materials and documents were seized, said the anti-terror agency.

As per the NIA, Faizan had hatched a criminal conspiracy along with his associates and other
unknown individuals through social media platforms to support ISIS activities in India and
disseminate the outfit’s propaganda over various social media platforms.

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