Khammam / Bengaluru: Javed Baba, 24, who was detained in Bengaluru after being deported from Turkey along with nine others, has been released with a strong warning. They were on their way to Syria allegedly to join the Islamic State when they were detained and deported to India. Javed was handed over to the Hyderabad police by their Bengaluru counterparts on Monday. His parents Lala Saheb and Rajia left for Hyderabad to get their son.

According to sources, Javed had read some messages from ISIS sympathisers and had gone to Syria. Javed, who studied in the Sultan Engineering College here from 2006 to 2010, was a low-profile student. He secured a job in a software firm in Bengaluru and was staying there for the last three years. His father Lala Saheb, a native of Gopalagudem in Tirumalayapalem mandal, runs a provision shop in Khammam and the family stays in Pumping Well road. His brother is a software engineer.

Apart from questioning Javed in Bengaluru, intelligence police interrogated his parents and friends and came to the conclusion that he was influenced by the provocative messages by ISIS. The family was surprised when police turned up at their home. Javed and the eight others went to Istanbul from Bengaluru on tourist visas on December 24 last. They were deported by Turkish authorities on January 30. In Bengaluru, police commissioner M.N. Reddi said the nine, including five children, were let off with a warning.

No direct culpability was found on their part, Mr Reddi said. They were not in touch with any “ISIS agent,” he said. “All of them were influenced by what they say is what is ordained in their religious book that they need to go to the Levant region where they are expected to work for humanity or for the religion,” he said.

He said they had been interrogated by both the Central agencies and the Bengaluru city police and “we did not find any direct culpability on part of any of these individuals.” No cases were booked agains them.