NIA arrests suspected Al-Qaeda terrorist in Bengaluru who wanted to join IS

A suspected terrorist, with links to the banned terror outfit Al Qaeda, was arrested in Bengaluru by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Saturday morning. The suspect, identified as Arif, was working as a software engineer in Bengaluru. As per the sources, he was in touch with people over the internet for more than two years. He wanted to fly to Iran and Afghanistan to join the Islamic State (IS). NIA has seized his laptop and other electronic devices for investigation.