In yet another breakthrough in the police crackdown on the IS module in Parbhani, the state Anti-Terrorism Squad officials arrested a fourth person. A 37-year-old zilla parishad school teacher, based in the Hingoli district, was arrested on Monday evening. Additional director general, ATS, Atulchandra Kulkarni confirmed the development and said his role is being probed.

The arrested suspect has been identified as Mohammed Raisoddin, a resident of Azam Colony, Hingoli. He was suspected to be in contact with the other arrested accused and also the IS foreign handler. Raisoddin was detained in the morning, and after several hours of grilling, placed under arrest in the evening.