Isis India head, aide arrested from Assam's Dhubri

Acting on intelligence received from sister agencies, an STF team was deployed to the Dhubri sector to intercept the suspects, who were also wanted by the National Investigation Agency (NIA), according to the police. (Also Read: ISIS module case: NIA attaches four properties in Pune’s Kondhwa area)

On Tuesday evening, the STF team launched a manhunt in the international border area and intercepted two suspects in the early hours of Wednesday at the Dharmasala area of Dhubri after they had crossed the international border, police added.

“Both of them were apprehended and brought to STF office at Guwahati,” Assam Police Chief Public Relations Officer Pranabjyoti Goswami said in a statement.