Two persons were detained from Hyderabad and Maharashtra Monday for alleged links with terror group IS. This comes days after the National Investigation Agency (NIA) arrested 14 people on charges of being IS sympathisers in a nationwide.

According to sources, based on information provided by one of the four people arrested from Hyderabad earlier, the NIA conducted raids at two places in Tolichowki and Barkas areas of the city and detained one person.

A second person was picked up from Maharashtra by security agencies and is likely to be handed over to the NIA on Tuesday.

The two, whose names have been withheld, were being questioned by a joint team of intelligence agencies.

(With PTI inputs)

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