Hyderabad Police Commissioner Mahinder Reddy on Saturday confirmed that a girl from city had tried to join the terrorist organisation ISIS but was brought back by her family. Without identifying the girl, Reddy said that girl hails from Hyderabad but her family had settled down in Doha, Qatar about ten years ago. “The girl had gone from Doha to Turkey with the intention of joining Islamic State as she was influenced by the propaganda on social networking sites,” he said. But the girl did not under go any armed training.
The commissioner said that after the girl was brought back to Hyderabad by the family two months ago, police officials counseled her. According to Telangana Intelligence sources, the girl had gone to Iraq to participate in armed action but was disappointed when the organisation assigned her the domestic chores like cooking for the fighters.