Hizbul Mujahideen plans to expand network in Assam, police arrest four suspected terrorists
Guwahati, Sept 16 (IBNS): Assam police have cracked down on the Hizbul Mujahideen module in the state by arresting four suspected terrorists of the outfit after the Uttar Pradesh police detained an Assam-origin Hizbul terrorist in the north Indian state.
Assam police have so far arrested the four suspected Hizbul Mujahideen terrorists from different locations of the state in past 48 hours.
According to the Assam police, the Kashmiri separatist terrorist group had sent money to Assam to expand organisational base and also to set up sleeper cells in the state.
The terrorist group has also planned to unfurl its network in Assam.
After the arrest of Qamar-uz-Zaman, a suspected terrorist of Hizbul Mujahideen who hails from Hojai’s Jamunamukh by the Uttar Pradesh Anti-Terrorist Squad (ATS) at Kanpur on Sept 13, the Assam police have arrested four of its operatives.
Qamar-uz-Zaman was allegedly recruited in Kishtwar district in Jammu region of Jammu & Kashmir.
On Saturday, the Assam police arrested a youth identified as Saidul Alam, a resident of Lanka in central Assam’s Hojai.
Police suspected that, Saidul Alam, a meritorious student, who passed Class 10 examination with star marks in science stream, is the brain behind expansion plans of the terrorist group to Assam.
Hojai district Superintendent of Police (SP), Ankur Jain said that, Saidul Alam was a meritorious student, but he got in touch with terror elements in 2015 during his visit to Nizamuddin Markaz Masjid in Delhi.
“Alam got in touch with Qamar-uz-Zaman in 2018. Zaman, Alam and Shahnewaz (who was arrested by police earlier) were in constant touch since then. Alam went to Srinagar in April this year and got in touch with few Hizbul Mujahideen terrorists and he revealed it. In the meantime, Qamar-uz-Zaman directed Alam to verify few locations in Assam to expand organisational network and targeted Lumding area in Hojai district,” Ankur Jain said.
On the other hand, Assam police arrested one more suspected Hizbul Mujahideen terrorist from Byrnihat area, outskirts of Guwahati last night.
The arrested suspected terrorist was identified as Umar Faruk, who hails from Central Assam’s Hojai district.
Police recovered two mobile phones and several contact details in possession from Umar Faruk.
Hojai district SP Ankur Jain said that, Umar Faruk was very close with Qamar-uz-Zaman.
“Our investigation is going on to find out more information about the terrorist group’s plan. Qamar-uz-Zaman revealed that, he sent money to Umar Faruk’s bank account from Srinagar to distribute it to several sleeper cells,” the top Assam cop said.
It is to be mentioned that, Qamar-uz-Zaman went missing in 2017 until April 2018 and posted his picture in the social media with an AK-47 rifle as a Hizbul ultra.
(By Hemanta Kumar Nath, Guwahati)
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