Key ISIS Terror Conspirator Arrested After Landing At Delhi Airport

The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Thursday arrested an alleged key Islamic State terror conspirator after he arrived at Delhi’s Indira Gandhi International (IGI) Airport from Nairobi in Kenya.

Arafath Ali had been absconding since 2020, and has been operating from abroad to promote the anti-India terror agenda of the banned outfit. He was taken into custody the moment he landed at the airport. He has been accused of indulging in Islamic State propaganda activities and planning terrorist acts, according to the NIA.

The agency, through a statement, said Arafath Ali was a resident of Shivamogga in Karnataka. He was allegedly involved in “the identification, radicalisation and recruitment of gullible Muslim youth into the ISIS fold while working from abroad”.