LUCKNOW, Oct. 29 -- A growing number of youths are allegedly being drawn into the online web of terror groups through routine social media interactions such as liking, commenting on, or sharing extremist religious posts. Investigators say terror operatives closely monitor such online activities to identify and contact potential recruits, a pattern highlighted by the arrest of two suspected IS (formerly called ISIS) members by Delhi Police's Special Cell on Saturday.

The arrested youths were identified as Adnan Khan, 19, a resident of Etah in Uttar Pradesh, and Abu Mohammed, alias Mohd Adnan, 20, from Bhopal in Madhya Pradesh. Officials said the duo came under the radar of ISIS handlers after repeatedly engaging with extremist content onl...