Mohammad Sirazudin, the arrested Indian Oil Corporation executive, had formed closed groups of ISIS sympathisers, including the Hyderabadi woman and two men from Maharashtra. (Representational Photo)
A woman from Hyderabad, who was allegedly in touch with the arrested executive of Indian Oil Corporation, has been kept under surveillance for her suspected links with the terror organisation ISIS.
"The woman in her mid-20s was radicalised online and deeply influenced by the activities of ISIS. She was in regular touch with many sympathisers of the terrorist group. She is under surveillance but efforts are on to de-radicalise her with the help of family and community leaders," a security official said.
Mohammad Sirazudin, the arrested Indian Oil Corporation executive, had formed closed groups of ISIS sympathisers, including the Hyderabadi woman and two men from Maharashtra, on Facebook and WhatsApp and was allegedly spreading ISIS activities online and trying to recruit Indians in the Middle-East terrorist group.
"Sirazudin was taken into custody as he was on the verge of turning into a 'lone wolf'," the official said.
A 'lone wolf' terrorist is one who indulges in violence in support of some group, movement or ideology but works alone, outside of any command structure and without material assistance from any group.
The Special Operation Group (SOG) and Anti-Terrorism Squad of the Rajasthan Police arrested Sirazudin, the marketing manager of IOC, from Jaipur yesterday.
Sirazudin, who is from Gulbarga in Karnataka, is accused of encouraging people for joining ISIS activities, police said.
A number of issues of ISIS' online magazine "Dabik", pictures and videos were recovered from him.