Hyderabad: A woman suspected to have links with Islamic State was arrested by Cyberabad police on Friday morning from Rajiv Gandhi Airport in Shamshabad.
The woman identified as Afsha Jabeen alias Nicole Joseph alias Nicky Joseph has been taken into custody, top counter intelligence officials confirmed to Deccan Chronicle.
Police said she is an online recruiter for Islamic State. “She is an associate of Salman Mohiuddin, an Hyderabad based engineer who studied in US and got arrested in January 2015 for suspected links with Islamic State,” said a senior police official. Mohiuddin was trying to fly to Syria via Dubai to join ISIS.
Jabeen was deported from Dubai on Thursday night along with her husband Devender Batra alias Mustafa and three daughters. She was named as an accused in Salman Mohiuddin case. Intelligence agencies are interrogating Jabeen.
Jabeen is girlfriend of Salman Mohiuddin, who was arrested earlier this year from Hyderabad. Mohiuddin, who did his MS from US, was planning to go to Syria via Turkey to join the ISIS.
Mohiuddin, who is married and has two children in Hyderabad, had planned to marry Jabeen in Dubai before going to Syria. Ayesha, who is a convert to Islam, was waiting for him in Dubai.
Investigation agencies said Mohiuddin intended to undergo training in Syria and indulge in anti-national activities in India after returning.
