-->

Assam: Two more suspected terrorists arrested from Barpeta

Date:

Share post:

Guwahati, Aug 3: The Assam police has arrested two suspected terrorists having links with an Al-Qaeda network in Bangladesh from Assam’s Barpeta district.

According to police, one was arrested on Sunday night from Garemari Pathar and the other was apprehended from a village in Kalgachia area on Tuesday morning.

“The suspect arrested on Sunday night is in police custody for eight days. The other person will be produced before a court within 24 hours of his arrest,” a police official said.

Assam Special Director General of Police (Law and Order) Gyanendra Pratap Singh had on Monday said 11 people were arrested in Morigaon, Goalpara, Guwahati and Barpeta for their alleged links with Bangladesh-based terror outfit Ansarul Bangla Team (ABT) and they are currently in police custody.

Meanwhile, a team from the National Investigation Agency (NIA) reached Barpeta on Tuesday to interrogate all the alleged ABT members arrested in the last five days, the senior officials said.

Police sources confirmed that they are now being interrogated by the NIA team as well as officials of the Special Branch of Assam Police in Barpeta.

Singh had claimed that the “investigation confirmed the links of 11 arrested people with ABT”.

In Morigaon, one person, identified as Mufti Mustafa managing the Jamiul Huda Madrasa in Soruchola village under the Moirabari Police Station limits, was the first to be arrested on the intervening night of July 26 and 27. A computer shop owner Afsaruddin Bhuyan was apprehended the next day.

Share post:

-->
spot_img

Popular

More like this
Related

Pynhap pyrda Platinum Jubilee ka Pyndengumiong Govt. L.P Skul Mairang

Mairang, Risaw 24: Ka Pyndengumiong Government Lower Primary School...

Ngam jyllop u samla na Nongkseh ha wah Lyngngam

Shillong, Risaw 24: Uwei u samla na ka shnong...

Pynbna shuti ka Sorkar ha ka sngi Shad Nongkrem

Shillong, Risaw 24: Ka Sorkar Jylla kala pynbna ba...

Pyntip ka KHADC ban plie shen ia ka Mawwynram Market Complex

Shillong, Risaw 24: U Executive Member (EM) ba khmih...