Sri Lanka Police arrests wanted handler of 4 ISIS suspects detained in India
The Hindu
Sri Lanka arrests suspected ISIS handler linked to nationals arrested in India, sparking high-profile investigations and arrests.
Sri Lanka has arrested the suspected handler of four of its nationals who were arrested at Ahmedabad airport in India for their alleged links with the banned Islamic State (ISIS) outfit.
The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) in the island nation arrested 46-year-old Pushparaja Osman on Friday in Colombo.
Sri Lanka Police recently announced a cash award of Rs. 2 million for any credible information on his whereabouts. Police had issued a wanted notice and a video of him seeking information from the public.
The CID arrested him and he was believed to have made telephone contact with the four people arrested at the Ahmedabad airport, the police said.
The Gujarat Anti-Terrorist Squad arrested four Sri Lankans with links to ISIS at the airport in Ahmedabad. The four men took an Indigo flight from Colombo to Chennai on May 19.
Commenting on the investigations so far, police spokesperson Nihal Thalduwa said Sri Lanka Police were still unable to verify that the four are linked to the terror outfit. “If they had promoted the ISIS ideology in Sri Lanka, it is yet to be established," he said.
Last month, the Sri Lankan authorities launched a high-powered operation to investigate the four Sri Lankans arrested in Gujarat.
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