Kasargode Caught in the Vile Grip of ISIS

Kasargode: With reports of missing youths of Thrikkaripur likely to have joined the dreaded ISIS, the role of Kasargode in being an arena for terror network is getting confirmed. The district has always been under a clout of suspicion with regard to terror activities over several years. According to central intelligence reports, several moves are being planned in the district by terror allied groups, to whip up communal tension and there by escalate it to neighbouring areas. 

The missing youths, including two women are said to have informed family members that they are embarking on a pilgrimage, an excuse to get away from home. 

The group, said to comprise of engineers and doctors are between the age group of twenty and thirty. However, according to reports of a national daily, over sixteen people are said to be missing from Kasargode, in a span of one month. 

According to the report, anxious relatives fear their having joined ISIS in Syria or Iraq. “The mobile phones are switched off. However, one last message said that ‘they have reached their final destination’,” said one of the relatives.