160 IS supporters, members arrested across nation: Govt

New Delhi: So far 160 members and supporters of banned terrorist organization Islamic State(IS) have been picked up across the nation and are put behind bars informed Union Minister of State for Home G Kishan Reddy to Lok Sabha today.

The intelligence inputs on terror threats are regularly shared with the state governments and agencies concerned along with monitoring them for appropriate steps taken to prevent any untoward incident the minister said, TT reports.

“The National Investigation Agency (NIA) and the states police have registered cases against IS members and sympathisers and have arrested 160 accused so far all over the country,” he replied to a written question.