Assam Police' Major Crackdown: 3 With Suspected Terror Links Arrested
NDTV
Assam: The arrested were grilled by the police for several hours, V.V. Rakesh Reddy, Superintendent of Police (SP) of Goalpara district said.
In a major crackdown by Assam police, three persons with suspected links to Al-Qaeda Indian Subcontinent (AQIS) and Ansarullah Bangla Team (ABT) have been arrested in the past two days. The arrested include Imams of mosques in Assam's Goalpara district.
The arrested persons have been identified as Abdus Subhan, Imam of Tinkunia Shantipur Mosque under Mornoi police station and Jalaluddin Sheikh, Imam of Tilapara Natun Mosque under Matia police station in Goalpara, police sources told NDTV.
The arrested were grilled by the police for several hours, V.V. Rakesh Reddy, Superintendent of Police (SP) of Goalpara district said.
"We have gotten input in July this year from arrested Abbas Ali who is also linked with Jihadi elements. During the interrogation, we found that they were directly connected with Barpeta and Morigaon modules of AQIS/ABT in Assam," Mr Reddy said.
