Three Hyderabad youth detained on suspicion of joining IS

The Maharashtra Anti Terrorism Squad (ATS) on Saturday detained three young men from Hyderabad, who were suspected of trying to leave the country with the intention of joining terrorist outfit Islamic State (IS).

The officials said the detentions were made at the request of the Telangana ATS.

"We were informed by our counterparts in Telangana that the trio would be at the Nagpur airport on Friday morning, to try to board a flight out of the country, and were asked to take them into custody. We detained them at around 5:30 am and handed them over to the Telangana ATS," said an officer with the Maharashtra ATS.

The officer added that all three youth were aged between 20 to 25 years.