GUWAHATI: Assam Police on Friday arrested six extra members of the Bangladesh-based radical Islamic group, Ansar al Islam, which is understood to be Bangladesh chapter of al-Qaida within the Indian Subcontinent (AQIS), in Barpeta district on Friday, based mostly on the statements of the members of the outfit arrested final month.
This was the second arrest in much less then two months after the police had arrested 5 members of the group on March 4 based mostly on intelligence inputs.
The arrested members have been recognized as Mufti Suleiman Ali (33) of Sarukhetri, Zahidul Islam (39) and Saddam Hussain (25) of Howly, Musharf Hussain (27) and Makibul Hussain (24) of Barpeta Highway and Rashidul Islam (28) of Dhan Bandha. They've been despatched to police custody for 10 days.
Superintendent of police, Barpeta, Amitava Sinha, mentioned, “We've got discovered their hyperlink with these arrested in March. A connection of one of many six with Well-liked Entrance of India (PFI) has additionally been discovered. We've got been investigating the matter constantly after the final arrest over the previous couple of months. These youths, who have been radicalised by the beforehand arrested members, have been working as spiritual academics.”
He mentioned the police recovered paperwork and a number of other digital gadgets, together with cellphones together with jihadi literature which have been being examined. “Interrogation will reveal extra about how they have been linked with the group, the working areas and their plan. As of now, any touch upon these wouldn't be correct,” he added.
In the meantime, police sources mentioned the module was lively in Barpeta and adjoining areas from round 2019-20.
Cops monitoring modules lively in state: Sarma
Investigation revealed that Saiful Islam alias Harun Rashid alias Mohammed Suman, one of many 5 members of the group arrested final month, had entered India from Bangladesh "illegally" in 2018 and first went to Uttar Pradesh, from the place he moved to West Bengal earlier than shifting to Assam in 2019-20 to hold out the jihadi actions.
Islam, who had additionally taken shelter in Guwahati round two years in the past, and yet another had entered India from Bangladesh "illegally" and have been suposed to hold out jihadi actions. Police arrested Islam after finishing up operations since September final yr. Nonetheless, the supply mentioned the opposite individual managed to flee.
To ascertain his community, Islam, who hails from Narayanganj in Bangladesh, married a lady in Chirang district and settled in Howli in Barpeta, the supply mentioned.
After the primary arrest, chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma had mentioned a couple of extra such modules have been lively within the state and police have been monitoring them. "We had shaped a particular wing of Assam police to work on the details about the presence of jihadi activists and fundamentalists," he added.