UAE deports another four Kerala youths for IS links

NEW DELHI/KOZHIKODE: Four youths from Kerala detained by the UAE for allegedly revealing sympathies with the Islamic State on social media were deported on Tuesday. While two men arrived at the Thiruvananthapuram international airport, the other two reached the Karipur international airport in Malappuram.

Intelligence agencies met the youth on arrival and questioned them on their association or links with the IS or their recruiters. They were debriefed, counseled and then allowed to go home. No charges are being pressed as they were only part of a group comprising a Bangladeshi and an Indian who had actually joined IS and travelled to Syria/Iraq to fight its "war". While the Bangladeshi is believed to have been killed, the fate of the Indian is not known.