A young Indian girl living in Qatar, Doha who wanted to join the Islamic State group in Turkey has returned to her parents’ house in Hyderabad, Police Commissioner M Mahender Reddy told NDTV.
The girl, around 18-years-old, was reportedly influenced by the Islamic State literature available online and also by a neighbour in Doha who wanted to accompany her, but the girl changed her mind and returned to India.
The police clarified that they had no participation in bringing the girl back and that she refuted the idea on her own.
Another senior police officer attached to Intelligence alleged that there was a deliberate attempt to create an impression that many young people from Hyderabad are being influenced by the Islamic State.
”Union Home Ministry has said that there is such a propaganda war to malign Hyderabad and Telangana,” he said.