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NIA arrests ambulance driver suspected to be 'key ISIS operative'

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January 29, 2025

THE National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Tuesday arrested a person, suspected to be an important operative of the ISIS (international terrorist organisation), from the central part of Chennai and conducted searches around 20 locations in Chennai and Mayiladuthurai districts, sources said.

- EXPRESS NEWS SERVICE @ Chennai/Mayiladuthurai

The arrested was identified as Al Fazid, a native of Mayiladuthurai district, who was living in Chennai for close to a year, sources said, adding that he was working as an ambulance driver in Purasawalkam and was allegedly involved in radicalising youngsters to join the ISIS through

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