Assam: NIA files charge sheet against eight accused ‘jihadis’

NIA against Jihadis

Guwahati: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has filed a charge sheet against eight accused jihadists arrested in Assam.

The charge sheet filed by the NIA is the first in a series of arrests made by the police in Assam in recent days for alleged links with jihadist elements.

Of the eight accused, against whom the charge sheet has been filed, seven belong to Assam’s Barpeta district and one to Tripura.
The accused named in the charge sheet are: Saiful Islam, Khairul Islam, Badshah Sulaiman, Naushad Ali, Mamunur Al Rashid, Imran Hasan, Mukbul Hussain and Mufti Sulaiman.
In Assam, the police have arrested around forty people from different parts of the state for allegedly belonging to Al-Qaeda in the Indian Subcontinent (AQIS) and Ansarullah Bangla Team (ABT).
Recently, Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma advised Director General of Police (DGP) Bhaskar Jyoti Mahanta to hand over cases of Jihadi Terrorism Module to NIA after preliminary investigation.

Meanwhile, Assam DGP – Bhaskar Jyoti Mahanta has said that some anti-radicalisation measures have been initiated to deal with the growing network of jihadists in the state.

The DGP of Assam added that several Muslim groups have also been taken into confidence, who in turn have promised support in cracking down on jihadist elements in the state.

He further said that some unscrupulous elements are taking advantage of madrassas spreading in Assam.