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BENGALURU: Nine persons from India, including one from Hassan, have been deported by Turkey after they were allegedly caught trying to cross over to Syria to join the terror outfit ISIS , police say.The group is being questioned by Bengaluru police and central agencies after they arrived at the Kempegowda International Airport (KIA) on Sunday.According to police, they went to Istanbul from Bengaluru on tourist visas on December 24, 2014, and were sent back by the Turkish authorities on January 30.Among those sent back from Turkey are engineers Ibrahim Nowfal, 24, from Hassan and Javeed Baba, 24, from Khammam district, Telangana. The remaining seven belonged to a family from Chennai - Muhammed Abdul Ahad, 46, his wife and their five children.Police said Ahad has done masters in computer science from Kennedy-Western University, California, US, and worked in the US for more than 10 years.A senior police officer said Ahad had left India soon after doing his graduation in engineering and was settled in the US. "Two of his children are US citizens, but he still holds an Indian passport," said the police officer. It may be recalled that in December 2014, Bengaluru police had arrested Mehdi Masroor Biswas from the city for operating a pro-ISIS Twitter handle . Biswas owned @ShamiWitness, which had 17,700 followers.Police reportedly found over 12,000 direct messages sent and received from his Twitter account. These messages, the city police claimed, gave them solid evidence to prove Mehdi's role in inspiring youths to be part of the ISIS struggle.