ISIS finds new method to recruit people from Kerala

Indians working in Saudi Arabia, Dubai and Malaysia have been on the radar of the ISIS.

Kerala's problems with the Islamic State appear to be never ending. Apart from the 21 persons from Kerala who joined the ISIS in Afghanistan, there are now reports that suggest that some had crossed over to Syria to fight alongside the outfit.

It took a while for the security agencies and the families of these recruits to realise that these persons had crossed over to Syria. Most of them did not go to Syria directly from India. All of them had jobs in Dubai and they are suspected to have left for Syria from there says the interrogation report of Shahjahan Velluva Kandy.

It may be recalled that Kandy had been arrested on July 1 after he was deported. Several agencies are questioning Kandy a resident of Kannur.

Intelligence Bureau officials say that this is a new recruitment tactic that has been adopted by the ISIS. The outfit has been targeting Indians working abroad. This ensures that the scrutiny is lesser, the officer also said.

Indians working in Saudi Arabia, Dubai and Malaysia have been on the radar of the ISIS.

Most of the recruitments into the ISIS have taken place in this fashion. It was only in the case of the Afghanistan incident did the recruitment take place directly from India, the officer also noted.

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