Shivamogga police are investigating the activities of two persons arrested on the charge of having links with Islamic State (ISIS), which is a banned terror organisation. Police suspect the accused were in possession of explosives and intended to damage public property.
A team of police personnel conducted mahajar at the residence of Syed Yasin, one of the arrested persons, at Siddeshwara Nagar in Shivamogga on September 20 evening. Later, the team searched the bank of Tunga river near his house.
The district administration had deployed police personnel in the locality.
