Coimbatore: Three youths with suspected links to ISIS were picked up by the National Investigation Agency on Wednesday and are being questioned about their alleged association with another suspect arrested from Kannur in Kerala.
The NIA had already questioned 13 youths, residing in and around GM Nagar in South Ukkadam in the city during the last 10 days on their reported links with Abu Basheer, one of the six arrested from Kannur earlier this month for being part of an ISIS-inspired module that allegedly conspired to carry out terror attacks.
Their names were in the Facebook and telephone contact list of Basheer. Laptops, mobile phones and some electronic gadgets were also seized from them.
On Sunday, ISIS operative Subhani Haji Moideen who was arrested from Kadayanallur in Tirunelveli was taken to his native village in Thodupuzha in Kerala to collect evidence. His family came to know about his links with ISIS only after he was arrested.
