Highlight
- UP Anti-Terrorism Squad has arrested 2 people for their alleged links with two terrorist groups
- After questioning some of the accused in the related case, they were taken into custody.
- ATS recovered a mobile phone without battery and other items without SIM card
The Uttar Pradesh Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) on Thursday (November 3) arrested two suspects from Saharanpur in Uttar Pradesh and Haridwar in Uttarakhand on charges of alleged links with the terrorist group Al-Qaeda. He was taken into custody after interrogating some of the accused already arrested on charges of having links to al-Qaeda in the Indian subcontinent (AQIS) and Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB).
The arrested suspects have been identified as 28-year-old Aas Mohammad and 23-year-old Mohammad Harris. Aas hails from Saharanpur in UP, while Harris hails from Haridwar in Uttarakhand.
ATS also recovered one mobile phone without battery and SIM card, three other mobile phones without SIM card and Rs 5400 in cash from Mohammad Harris.
Last month, the Uttar Pradesh ATS arrested eight members linked to the Bangladeshi terrorist organization Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh and al-Qaeda in the Indian subcontinent. The arrested terrorists have been identified as Luqman, Qari Mukhtar, Kamil, Mohammad Aleem, Shahzad (Shamli), Mudassir (Haridwar), Nawazish Ansari (Jharkhand) and Ali Noor (Bangladesh) all residents of Saharanpur. He was booked under the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (UAPA).
The officials have also recovered Rs 2.5 lakh in cash from the accused. According to officials, the accused were radicalizing the youth of Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand. Bangladeshi terrorist Abdullah Talha had sent money for terror funding.
(with ANI inputs)
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