India on Thursday deported a suspected Islamic State supporter to Australia from the Delhi Airport.
The Indian Express has reported that the Australian national of Malay origin was detained for questioning on Thursday night after he landed at New Delhi’s Indira Gandhi International Airport on a flight from Perth.
He was found to be possessing jihadi literature, including Islamic State propaganda, on his laptop. Photographs of him posing with firearms were also found on the laptop, the newspaper has reported quoting sources.
The Australian national told the officials that he was travelling to India to attend a meeting in Nizamudin area of Delhi. Officials said he was 'evasive' in his responses.
Authorities said he was deported because he was "too dangerous" to be allowed to enter India.
He has now been sent back to Perth.
The officials found a photo of him brandishing an automatic rifle. Another showed him sitting with a pistol on his lap.
In a crackdown on Islamic State sympathisers, India has recently made several arrests in different parts of the country.
