<p>Delhi Police detained a 50-year-old man outside Iraqi embassy at south Delhi’s Sri Aurobindo Marg on Friday over suspected links with extremist militant group Islamic State (IS).<br /><br /></p>.<p>Sources said Zuber Ahmed Khan was taken into custody over a call made to the police control room by the embassy. He was taken to Vasant Vihar police station, and questioned by a joint team of local police and Special Cell.<br /><br />Zuber, a resident of Mumbai, had written on his Facebook profile that he wanted to surrender his Indian passport and become an official spokesperson for IS. Zuber holds a passport valid until September 17, 2017.<br /><br />On Facebook, Zuber had even posted a message to IS leader Abu Bakar al-Baghdadi. In a post on August 1, Zuber claimed that he would reach Delhi by Rajdhani Express on August 4 and visit the Iraqi embassy. He also planned to visit the Pakistani embassy at south Delhi’s Chanakyapuri during his five-day stay in the capital.<br /><br />“Zuber went to Iraqi embassy to apply for a visa, but the embassy officials found his behaviour suspicious,” said a police officer. The embassy officials then informed police. On being questioned, Zuber told police that he wanted to go to Iraq for a job. Sources, however, said he was frequently changing his statement.<br /><br />Zuber also termed 1993 Bombay bombings convict Yakub Memon as a martyr in several posts before and after Memon’s execution on July 30. Zuber claimed to be a journalist from Navi Mumbai, the editor-in-chief of Journalist for International Peace newspaper. <br /><br />After an initial probe, police said he worked as a lecturer in Maharashtra and lost his job in 2007.<br /><br />In his message to al-Baghdadi, Zuber wrote that he wants to “work with the Islamic State as a spokesperson or a government journalist.” <br /><br /></p>
<p>Delhi Police detained a 50-year-old man outside Iraqi embassy at south Delhi’s Sri Aurobindo Marg on Friday over suspected links with extremist militant group Islamic State (IS).<br /><br /></p>.<p>Sources said Zuber Ahmed Khan was taken into custody over a call made to the police control room by the embassy. He was taken to Vasant Vihar police station, and questioned by a joint team of local police and Special Cell.<br /><br />Zuber, a resident of Mumbai, had written on his Facebook profile that he wanted to surrender his Indian passport and become an official spokesperson for IS. Zuber holds a passport valid until September 17, 2017.<br /><br />On Facebook, Zuber had even posted a message to IS leader Abu Bakar al-Baghdadi. In a post on August 1, Zuber claimed that he would reach Delhi by Rajdhani Express on August 4 and visit the Iraqi embassy. He also planned to visit the Pakistani embassy at south Delhi’s Chanakyapuri during his five-day stay in the capital.<br /><br />“Zuber went to Iraqi embassy to apply for a visa, but the embassy officials found his behaviour suspicious,” said a police officer. The embassy officials then informed police. On being questioned, Zuber told police that he wanted to go to Iraq for a job. Sources, however, said he was frequently changing his statement.<br /><br />Zuber also termed 1993 Bombay bombings convict Yakub Memon as a martyr in several posts before and after Memon’s execution on July 30. Zuber claimed to be a journalist from Navi Mumbai, the editor-in-chief of Journalist for International Peace newspaper. <br /><br />After an initial probe, police said he worked as a lecturer in Maharashtra and lost his job in 2007.<br /><br />In his message to al-Baghdadi, Zuber wrote that he wants to “work with the Islamic State as a spokesperson or a government journalist.” <br /><br /></p>
