New Delhi, Nov 10: In a significant development, the Uttar Pradesh Anti-Terrorist Squad (ATS) arrested a suspected terrorist under the provisions of the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (UAPA) from Chhattisgarh's Durg district. The accused has been identified as Wajihuddin.

 

 

 

The accused was nabbed during a joint search operation carried out by Supela police and UP ATS in Durg and was arrested near the Supela police station area of Durg's Smriti Nagar on Tuesday.

 

 

The accused, identified as Wajihuddin,"UP ATS team had come here yesterday morning. For the arrest, they had asked for cooperation from us. They have arrested an accused. They have taken him on transit remand. It's a case of the UAPA (Unlawful Activities Prevention Act)," Abhishek Jha, Additional Superintendent of Police, Durg said.

 

 

 

As per the Durg Police, he holds a PhD from AMU (Aligarh Muslim University) and used to make them connect to ISIS under the guise of SAMU (Students of Aligarh Muslim University).

 

 

During the course of the investigation, it was found that Wajihuddin and some members of the group engaged in anti-national activities. ATS said that the name of Wajihuddin (34) cropped up during questioning with two ISIS suspects, Abdullah Arsalan (26) and Maaz Bin Tariq (25) on Monday. The two were accused of allegedly planning terror activities across the state and are currently in six-day police custody remand of the ATS.

 

According to the police, accused Wajiuddin is associated with the banned terrorist organization ISIS and was conspiring to cause a major incident to fulfill his terrorist plans. He used to train innocents for jihad with an aim to connect with ISIS.