Two more arrested in Assam for possible links with terrorist outfit Ansarullah Bangla Team

Guwahati, Sept 12: Assam Police on Monday (Sept 12) arrested two more suspects with possible links with the banned terrorist outfit Ansarullah Bangla Team (ABT) from Morigaon district. The suspected terrorists were identified as Musadik Hussain and Ikramul Islam. Ikramul is an Imam and was arrested in the Nagaon district.

 

 

 

 

On the other hand, the state police arrested Hussain from the Moirabari area in Assam's Morigaon district. Aparna N, Superintendent of Police of Morigaon district said that both the arrested persons have links with the banned outfit. Last month, Morigaon district administrations demolished a madrassa at Moirabari after police busted a terror module on the premises of the religious educational institute.

 

 

 

 

So far, the state administrations have demolished three madrassas across the state following the arrests of around 40 persons so far including the Imam and madrasa teachers on charges of being linked to terror outfits -- Ansarullah Bangla Team (ABT) and Al Qaida in the Indian Subcontinent (AQIS). In addition, one more such educational institute was razed by locals themselves after a cleric associated with it was held for alleged anti-national activities.

 

There were reports that some militants disguised as religious teachers had sneaked into the state and silently gone ahead with their subversive and anti-state activities. Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said that some madrassa managements were not running the institution but were running a terrorist hub. "I don't want to generalise (all madrassas), but we investigate and take appropriate action when a complaint of fundamentalism comes," Sarma had said.