Haris Farooqi, the arrested India head of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) is an expert in indoctrinating and brainwashing people for subversive activities, the Assam police said on March 21.
Farooqi alias Harish Ajmal Farukhi and his associate Anurag Singh alias Rehan were caught by the State police’s Special Task Force (STF) early morning on March 19 after they crossed over into western Assam’s Dhubri district from Bangladesh.
The STF team, led by Inspector General of Police Parthasarathi Mahanta, was deputed to locate and catch the accused on the National Investigation Agency’s (NIA) most wanted list. The duo was handed over to the agency on March 20 night.
