Three terrorists of Ansarullah Bangla Team with Al-Qaeda links arrested in Kolkata
, ET Bureau|
Nov 22, 2017, 12.32 AM IST
KOLKATA: The Special Task Force (STF) of Kolkata Police has arrested three suspected terrorists including two Bangladeshi nationals from Kolkata station on Tuesday.
The arrested persons are members of Ansarullah Bangla Team (ABT), a banned terrorist organisation of Bangladesh, said Murli Dhar Shama, Deputy Commissioner of STF.
According to Sharma, three of them might have links with dreaded terrorist organisation Al-Qaeda. ABT is accused of killing several free-thinker bloggers in Bangladesh.
According to the STF official, the suspects were living at the outskirts of Kolkata and in some bordering districts for more than a year without a valid passport. One of them recently procured a fake Aadhaar card on his name. "We are probing into that part too. How they could register themselves with Adhaar roll when they do not have any valid identity document," said Sharma.
The STF got the initial tip off from the central bureau of intelligence and worked on other information related to the group. The arrested trio includes Samsad Mia, Riyazul and Manotosh Dey. While Samsad and Riyazul are from Bangladesh, Manotosh in an Indian national and a resident of Basirhat in north 24 Paragana.
The team was camping here to procure arms, ammunition and explosives. "We have recovered arms and explosives from them. they were carrying huge piles of documents with them. These documents include leaflets of Al-Qaeda, booklets explaining bomb making devices and methods to make bombs and so on. They were carrying some handwritten notes which have names of some important locations of Kolkata. We have also seized visiting cards of many chemical shops here. They might have tried to buy chemicals, those are used to make explosives," added the deputy commissioner.
ABT is an infamous group of terrorists which also wants to establish Islamic caliphate. The arrested youths are in their early twenties. "We need to probe deeper into their motives. We are yet to ascertain if they were given any assignment here or if they could connect to other people in this area. We had been tracking them for last one and half months,"said the official.
The arrested persons are members of Ansarullah Bangla Team (ABT), a banned terrorist organisation of Bangladesh, said Murli Dhar Shama, Deputy Commissioner of STF.
According to Sharma, three of them might have links with dreaded terrorist organisation Al-Qaeda. ABT is accused of killing several free-thinker bloggers in Bangladesh.
According to the STF official, the suspects were living at the outskirts of Kolkata and in some bordering districts for more than a year without a valid passport. One of them recently procured a fake Aadhaar card on his name. "We are probing into that part too. How they could register themselves with Adhaar roll when they do not have any valid identity document," said Sharma.
The STF got the initial tip off from the central bureau of intelligence and worked on other information related to the group. The arrested trio includes Samsad Mia, Riyazul and Manotosh Dey. While Samsad and Riyazul are from Bangladesh, Manotosh in an Indian national and a resident of Basirhat in north 24 Paragana.
The team was camping here to procure arms, ammunition and explosives. "We have recovered arms and explosives from them. they were carrying huge piles of documents with them. These documents include leaflets of Al-Qaeda, booklets explaining bomb making devices and methods to make bombs and so on. They were carrying some handwritten notes which have names of some important locations of Kolkata. We have also seized visiting cards of many chemical shops here. They might have tried to buy chemicals, those are used to make explosives," added the deputy commissioner.
ABT is an infamous group of terrorists which also wants to establish Islamic caliphate. The arrested youths are in their early twenties. "We need to probe deeper into their motives. We are yet to ascertain if they were given any assignment here or if they could connect to other people in this area. We had been tracking them for last one and half months,"said the official.
