DUSHANBE, March 25, 2016 Asia-Plus – An alleged member of the Islamic State (IS) group, who is wanted by Tajik authorities, has reportedly been detained in St. Petersburg.

According to the official website of the St. Petersburg prosecutor’s office, Tajik national Davronjon Davlatov was detained on March 14.

In a ruling handed down on March 15, a court in St. Petersburg’s Kirov district reportedly approved extradition of Davlatov to Tajikistan.

It has been established that Davlatov joined the IS terrorist group through the social networks and he posted extremist photographs on his webpage, the report said.

We will recall that Tajik authorities say at least 1,000 Tajik citizens have traveled to Iraq and Syria to fight alongside IS militants.

Tajik officials also have raised concerns because the IS recruiting efforts appear to be attracting Tajiks at an increasing rate.