The Uttar Pradesh Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) on Sunday arrested Abu Zaid, an Islamic State suspect from Mumbai’s international airport, said media reports.
We have arrested a terror suspect Abu Zaid from Mumbai airport: ADG (LO) Anand Kumar pic.twitter.com/iMZP3RUfAr
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Abu Zaid is believed to be an Islamic State ideologue and was returning to Mumbai from Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Anand Kumar, Uttar Pradesh Additional Director General of Police (Law and Order) told the media on Sunday. Kumar said that Uttar Pradesh police has brought the terror suspect on transit remand to Lucknow from Mumbai.
Uttar Pradesh ATS arrested an ISIS suspect Abu Zaid from Mumbai. pic.twitter.com/9BZttTl34b — ANI UP (@ANINewsUP) November 5, 2017
According to Times Now, Zaid is believed to have run an Islamic State network involving several youths from Western Uttar Pradesh while staying in Dubai. The report added that the police had been tracking his movements.
On 25 October, three men with suspected links with the Islamic State terrorist group were arrested in Kannur district of Kerala. The trio, who had left the state years ago, were suspected to have visited Syria and reportedly received training from the terror outfit, the police had said. They were arrested based on evidence obtained after examining their phone calls.
On 26 October, Gujarat ATS officials had arrested two suspected Islamic State operatives — Mohammad Kasim Stimberwala from Ankleshwar and Ubed Ahmed Mirza from Surat. They were accused of conspiring to spread terror in Gujarat and the rest of the country through lone wolf attacks.
With inputs from PTI
Published Date: Nov 05, 2017 03:27 pm | Updated Date: Nov 05, 2017 03:27 pm
