Accused Touseef Ali Farouqui will appear in court on Wednesday when his police custody ends.
Guwahati:
The father of the arrested IIT-Guwahati student, who is said to have pledged allegiance to terror group ISIS, said on Tuesday that his son had spoken to his relatives in Delhi that he would not continue his studies and had other plans.
The accused Touseef Ali Farouqui, a fourth-year B Tech student from the Department of Biosciences, was arrested on March 24 under the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act. He is now in police custody.
”I live in Siwan in Bihar, but he was in Delhi with my wife. My son had told her that he was not continuing with his studies because he had other plans,” the student’s father, Asmat Ali Farouqui, told reporters outside a court where his son was being produced for some formality.
He will appear in court on Wednesday when his police custody ends.
“Definitely there was something his mother knew about but hid from the others,” the senior Farouqui said.
His wife, who also attended court, did not speak to the media.
The student’s father claimed that police did not allow him to talk to his son during the day.
His parents had arrived here on Friday and went to the police station where he was lodged to pick him up the next day.
His father said nothing about what happened at the meeting.
The senior Farouqui denied speculation that he had separated from his wife and said he was living in Bihar to take care of his farmland.
The suspect was held at Hajo in Kamrup district on March 23 and arrested the next day under various sections of the Indian Penal Code and UAPA.
Inspector General Parthasarathi Mahanta of the Special Task Force (STF) of the Assam Police had earlier said that after questioning, the police found credible evidence of his links with ISIS and he was arrested.
The student was held for three days after ISIS India chief Haris Farooqi alias Harish Ajmal Farukhi and his colleague Anurag Singh alias Rehan were arrested in Dhubri district after crossing from Bangladesh.
STF Additional Superintendent of Police Kalyan Kumar Pathak had told reporters that the student had sent an email, claiming that he was on his way to join ISIS.
A black flag, “apparently similar to that of ISIS,” was found in his hostel room and has been sent to specialized agencies dealing with banned outfits for verification.
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