Goalpara, Aug 21: Two suspects connecting to Al-Qaeda Indian Subcontinent (AQIS) and Bangladesh-primarily based totally terror outfit Ansarullah Bangla Team (ABT) have been arrested in Goalpara district of Assam on Saturday, police stated.
VV Rakesh Reddy, superintendent of police, Goalpara, stated that the suspects had allegedly given guide and refuge to jihadis who got here from neighboring Bangladesh.
The arrested men and women were recognized as Abdus Subhan and Jalaluddin Sheikh, each Imam of mosques in Goalpara. They have confessed to being participants of AQIS and of recruiting sleeper cells withinside the district, Reddy instructed reporters.
The professional stated that the arrested men and women have an immediate reference to terror modules of AQIS and ABT that the Assam police lately busted in Barpeta and Morigaon districts.
“We are becoming enter in July this yr from arrested Abbas Ali who’s additionally related with Jihadi elements. During the interrogation, we discovered that they have been without delay related with Barpeta and Morigaon modules of AQIS/ABT in Assam,” the media quoted the professional as saying.
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“During the residence searches of the accused men and women, some of the incriminating cloth associated with the Al-Qaeda, Jihadi elements, posters, books amongst different files have been seized at the side of the cellular phones, SIM cards, and ID cards,” he added.
“During the residence searches of the accused men and women, some of incriminating cloth associated with the Al-Qaeda, Jihadi elements, posters, books amongst different files have been seized at the side of the cellular phones, SIM cards, and ID cards,” he added.
Assam leader minister Himanta Biswa Sarma stated in advance this month the northeastern nation is turning into a hotbed for Islamic fundamentalists, relating to the arrests made in reference to terror modules.
He stated the police recovered high-give-up digital gadgets utilized by sleeper cells in Barpeta, Bongaigaon, and Morigaon and incriminating jihadi literature used for indoctrinating and radicalizing kids to sign up for the outfit.
“…It has been proved past an affordable doubt that Assam is turning into a hotbed for Islamic fundamentalists. When you bust five modules and the whereabouts of the opposite five Bangladeshi nationals are nonetheless now no longer known, then you could believe the gravity,” Sarma instructed a press conference.
