February 2, 2016 7:25 AM

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NIA arrests IS suspect Azhar Iqbal in Bhopal

In Madhya Pradesh, the National Investigation Agency-NIA has arrested an IS suspect Azhar Iqbal from Teela Jamalpura locality of Bhopal.<br/><br/>AIR correspondent reports that the NIA arrested Azhar with the help of crime branch of Bhopal after a tip off from an informer. <br/><br/>According to sources, the NIA had registered a case against 16 people including Azhar in December last year in Delhi. The case was registered against them for anti-national activities and supporting terrorist organizations through social media.<br/><br/>Azhar was absconding since then while remaining people had been arrested. He was living in a house of his close relative in Bhopal. Azhar belongs to neighbouring Raisen district and was student of a madarsa in Uttar Pradesh. This is the first IS related arrest in Madhya Pradesh.

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