THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The state police probing into the disappearance of 21 youths will try to get information from the Kuwaiti national held the other day on charges of funding IS recruits. According to top police sources, the state police would also review the developments and may seek more details.
Though questioning a person arrested in a foreign country involved cumbersome procedures, the police may seek the service of intelligence sources for the purpose. Kuwaiti national Abdullah Hadi Abdul Rehman Al-Enezi was held by the Kuwait authorities on charges of financing the travel of four IS recruits in 2014. Since the 21 persons missing from Kerala were also suspected to have joined the IS, the police hope that the Kuwaiti national could give some inputs useful for the probe.
Even as the NIA is yet to take over the cases formally, it is also closely monitoring the cases and hence it may also try to elicit information regarding the Kerala youths from the Kuwaiti national. “Since the NIA is yet to take over the probe, we are still probing into the cases. Hence, we would explore all options of getting valid information,” state police chief Loknath Behera told DC. He preferred to be tight-lipped on whether the state police would try to question him.
