GUWAHATI: Assam Police had another major breakthrough on Tuesday when they arrested two more people from the state. The arrested duo are said to be part of a terrorist group funded by Al-Qaeda in the Subcontinent or AQIS.
According to reports, the two arrested suspects belong to the Ansurulla Banga Team. They were arrested based on the inputs from the four arrested on similar charges on the previous day.
Out of the four, two were arrested from the Nalbari district while the other two were arrested from the Tamulpur district and one of them was a teacher in a local Madrasa. All of them have been allegedly linked with two terror organizations namely Ansarullah Bangla Team (ABT) and Al-Qaeda in Indian Subcontinent (AQIS). The suspected terrorists have been identified as Sadeq Ali, Jakibul Ali, Habel Ali, and Abu Raihan. While Sadeq Ali and Jakibul Ali were picked up by the police from the Tamulpur district of Assam, Habel Ali and Abu Raihan were nabbed from Ghograpar in the Nalbari district.
"Four persons having links with AQIS and ABT have been arrested from Nalbari and Tamulpur districts of Assam. Further investigation is underway with few more people under police radar," mentioned P K Nath, SP of Nalbari on these arrested.
Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma had mentioned that the region has become a hotbed of Jihadi activities and asked the police to be very strict with such people. He also congratulated the department on the arrest of these alleged terrorists and termed it a major success.
He mentioned, "Arrest of Sadeq Ali is a significant achievement since he had been radicalizing youth including Jakibul Ali for the past 2 years. He was also associated with JMB and Neo-JMB. Sadeq Ali and Jakibul Ali lured youths to join Bangladesh-based terror outfit Ansarullah Bangla Team (ABT) affiliated to al-Qaeda in the Indian subcontinent (AQIS)."
"We are determined to root out jihadi elements from Assam," added Himanta Biswa Sarma.
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