New Delhi, June 23: The intelligence agencies in India are trying to get information on many Indian sympathisers of Islamic State who tried to contact Arab Spring activist Iyad El-Baghdadi to join Islamic State. Mistaking Iyad El-Baghdadi, famous activist with ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, many Indians have written to him requesting to guide them in joining the Caliphate, news report said. Also Read - Schools Reopening From Monday: What is Partial Resumption? Is There Any Compulsion to Attend Classes? FAQs Answered

The intelligence officials said that many Indians have been sending Iyad emails expressing their willingness to join the terror outfit and asking him ways to reach him. Also Read - Coronavirus Creates Havoc: 3 MPs, 6 MLAs And Former President Among COVID's VVIP Victims

The queries came into light on Tuesday when Iyad frustrated with back-to-back messages on his personal twitter account and his email address tweeted, “If I get emails from India-based accounts asking how to join ISIS, who in India do I report them to?”. (Also Read: ISIS chief Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi CONFIRMED dead by terror group’s Arabic mouthpiece al-Amaq) Also Read - COVID-19: With Spike of Over 92,000 Cases, India's Tally Surpasses 54 Lakh-mark; Recovery Rate Nears 80% | Key Points

In another tweet, Iyad wrote that he had already reported the matter to the email host but was yet to get in touch with Indian police investigating agency. He tweeted, “Already contacted the email host and reported. I want to know the security agency to report to as well, just in case,”.

If I get emails from India-based accounts asking how to join ISIS, who in India do I report them to? — Iyad El-Baghdadi (@iyad_elbaghdadi) June 21, 2016

@Kads_M Thank you for bringing it to our notice. We will look into it. — Mumbai Police (@MumbaiPolice) June 21, 2016

However Iyad did not revealed the identity of the Indian’s who were looking to join the terror outfit, neither do he shared the content of the emails. But he mentioned that Indian’s who contacted him wanted to ‘join ISIS’.

Mumbai police officials also responded to Iyad through their official twitter handle, saying, “Thank you for bringing it to our notice. We will look into it”. Iyad, a prominent activist of Arab Spring is a UAE citizen who was born in Palestine and is currently living in Norway.