Mumbai ISIS suspect on way to Syria held in Delhi

Making the fifth arrest in the Islamic State Roorkee module it has been tracking, the Delhi police special cell on Friday arrested a 28-year-old suspect who was preparing to leave for Syria.

Special commissioner of police (special cell) Arvind Deep said the man, identified as Mohsin Ibrahim Sayyed, was arrested from Kashmere Gate ISBT in north Delhi on Thursday night after Central security agencies tipped them off about his meeting with an associate.

Sayyed was remanded to police custody till February 10 by a the Delhi court. Hailing from Malad, Mumbai, Mohsin Ibrahim Sayyed is a muezzin there, the police said. From his interrogation so far, the Delhi police claimed that he was assisting other suspects by acting as a conduit to deliver money packets in central and northern parts of the country.

Last month, the special cell claimed to have foiled a terror plot to attack the Ardh Kumbh Mela and VIP installations in new Delhi with the arrest of four suspects from Hardwar with alleged links to ISIS.

It was also learnt that Mohsin Ibrahim Sayyed was allegedly in touch with one of the 14 men arrested by the National Investigation Agency in its countrywide crackdown on ISIS last month.