Three arrested jihadists brought from Tripura to Assam
Guwahati Apr 18 PTI Three persons arrested in Tripura for alleged links with a jihadi group based in Bangladesh were brought to Assam on Monday in connection with a case registered against them a police officer saidThe trio was engaged in recruiting and creating sleeper cells for their outfit he saidThe three accused – Abdul Kashim Hamid Ali and Imran Hussain were brought to Bongaigaon during the day the police officer said They hail from Sepahijala district of Tripura A Tripura court handed them to us on transit remand on Saturday on the basis of a case registered against them in Jogighopa police station in our district he saidThey had been arrested in Tripura on April 8The suspects are believed to be members of the Ansarullah Bangla Team a fundamentalist militant outfit in Bangladesh On possible links between the trio arrested from Tripura and those apprehended in Barpeta district of Assam the police officer said more details will be known after interrogating them Eleven suspected jihadists have been arrested in Barpeta district since March including six on FridayA Bangladeshi national was also among those arrested in March PTI SSG MM MM
Guwahati Apr 18 PTI Three persons arrested in Tripura for alleged links with a jihadi group based in Bangladesh were brought to Assam on Monday in connection with a case registered against them a police officer saidThe trio was engaged in recruiting and creating sleeper cells for their outfit he saidThe three accused – Abdul Kashim Hamid Ali and Imran Hussain were brought to Bongaigaon during the day the police officer said They hail from Sepahijala district of Tripura A Tripura court handed them to us on transit remand on Saturday on the basis of a case registered against them in Jogighopa police station in our district he saidThey had been arrested in Tripura on April 8The suspects are believed to be members of the Ansarullah Bangla Team a fundamentalist militant outfit in Bangladesh On possible links between the trio arrested from Tripura and those apprehended in Barpeta district of Assam the police officer said more details will be known after interrogating them Eleven suspected jihadists have been arrested in Barpeta district since March including six on FridayA Bangladeshi national was also among those arrested in March PTI SSG MM MM
