Assam Police claimed two Al-Qaeda Imam have been caught

Digital Desk: Ansarullah Bangla Team (ABT) and Al-Qaeda Imam in the Indian Subcontinent (AQIS) terrorists were arrested in Assam’s Goalpara district on Saturday, according to police. Goalpara’s Superintendent of Police, VV Rakesh Reddy, claimed that the men were accused of supporting and harboring jihadists traveling from nearby Bangladesh.

Imam Abdul Subhan and Jalaluddin Sheikh, both of Golpara mosques, have been identified as those arrested. Reddy told reporters that he had confessed to being a member of AQIS and recruiting sleeper cells in the area.

The officer claimed that the suspects have direct links to AQUIS and ABT terror cells which were recently busted by the Assam Police in Barpita and Morigaon districts.

“In July this year, we received information from detained Abbas Ali, who is also linked to jihadist elements. We discovered during interrogation that he was directly linked to the Assamn AQIS/ABT modules in Barpeta and Morigaon. was” based on reports.

“During the house-to-house search of the accused suspects, various inflammatory materials related to Al-Qaeda Imam elements, posters, books, other documents as well as mobile phones, SIM cards and identity cards were recovered”.

Referring to the arrests made in connection with terror modules, Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma claimed earlier this month that the northeastern state was turning into a hub for Islamic fundamentalism. He claimed that in Barpita, Bongaigaon and Morigaon, the police discovered high-end electronic devices used by sleeper cells as well as incriminating Islamic literature aimed at inciting youth to join the organisation. was to radicalize and inspire them.