Assam Police's Special Task Force arrests one more associate of Ansarullah Bangla Team
Guwahati: The Assam Police's Special Task Force (STF), as part of its operation 'Praghat', has arrested one more associate of the Ansarullah Bangla Team(ABT), a Bangladesh-based terror group affiliated with Al-Qaeda in the Indian Subcontinent (AQIS), from Chennai.
With the latest arrest, the STF so far arrested 16 associates of the ABT from Assam, West Bengal, Tamil Nadu and Kerala.
An Assam police spokesman said that the STF, Assam, with the active collaboration of Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu Police, launched a swift and meticulously planned operation in the early hours of Wednesday and successfully captured a key operative, Abu Salam Ali.
He was apprehended in Chennai, under Semmencherry Police Station, marking yet another decisive strike against anti-national networks, he said. The detainee hails from Bilasipara in western Assam's Dhubri district, which shares international borders with Bangladesh and inter-state borders with West Bengal.
The arrested individual has been identified as an active member of the ABT and Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen, with close ties to previously apprehended operatives from Kokrajhar and Dhubri, who were taken into custody by STF Assam for their involvement in the same extremist case.
According to the spokesman, since December 17 last year 2024, Salam Ali had been on the run, relentlessly evading law enforcement in a bid to escape justice.
«Investigations have uncovered that the arrested operative played a crucial role in the conspiracy, working in close coordination with Nur Islam Mandal and Shahinur Islam aimed at strengthening extremist factions.
Their intent was unmistakable to undermine national security, disturb peace, and endanger India’s sovereignty. This arrest represents yet
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