Abdul Rahman, an alleged Islamic State (ISIS) Khorasan operative was arrested by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) on August 17 from Bengaluru. According to NIA, Rahman is a professionally trained doctor who was developing an app to help injured Islamic State fighters in Syria. Rahman had travelled and stayed with ISIS in Syria for 10 days and questions are being raised on how he managed to return to India after having stayed with Islamic State in Syria. According to reports, Rahman, a resident of Bengaluru's Basavanagudi area, was a junior resident doctor in the ophthalmology department of MS Ramaiah Medical College. A statement issued by the NIA said, 'Upon interrogation, it is learnt that he had visited an ISIS medical camp in Syria in early 2014 for treatment of ISIS terrorists and stayed with Islamic State operatives for 10 days and returned to India. The arrested accused will be produced before the NIA Special Court at New Delhi and NIA remand will be sought for his custodial interrogation.'