CHENNAI: A Special Operation Guard ( SOG ) police team from Rajasthan arrested a 36-year-old man, suspected to be an ISIS supporter, in Chennai on Tuesday.The suspect, identified as Haroon Rasheed of Sowcarpet in Chennai, had allegedly transferred funds to ISIS (Islamic State of Iraq and Syria) bank accounts through an agent in Mumbai. The police team was also checking his possible role in smuggling gold from the northeast.The police team apprehended Rasheed when he was going to Burma Bazaar where he runs a mobile phone shop.A senior SOG officer said the arrest had been made based on information they got while questioning Mohammad Iqbal, 32, of Mylapore who was arrested on February 23. Iqbal had allegedly played a role in transferring funds to ISIS through an agent in Mumbai, identified as Jameel Ahmed.Inquiries with Jameel Ahmed and Mohammad Iqbal revealed that they were part of a gold smuggling racket busted on February 4.On February 4, the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence ( DRI ) seized 20 gold bars weighing 3.360kg and Rs 1 crore in cash from four people travelling in an omnibus from Rajahmundry in Andhra Pradesh to Chennai.The DRI arrested Iqbal (not Mohammad Iqbal who was arrested in Mylapore), Jameel (an associate not linked to the ISIS cash transactions), Jahabuddin and Nizamuddin when the bus reached Arambakkam in Tiruvallur district. The arrests were made based on a tip off from the Intelligence Bureau (IB).On Tuesday, after arresting Rasheed, the SOG team obtained a transit warrant from a metropolitan magistrate court in Chennai and left for Rajasthan with him.The Special Investigation Division CID of the Tamil Nadu police is also probing the background of the Rasheed and others. The police said there were reports of some people in Tamil Nadu and Telangana joining ISIS. It is believed that nine people, including eight from Tamil Nadu and one from Telangana, joined ISIS in 2016.The police said four college students were in regular contacts with Mohammad Iqbal. The police were keeping a tab on their activities.