Ahmedabad (Gujarat) [India], November 9 (ANI): The Gujarat Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) on Sunday arrested three suspects in Ahmedabad while supplying weapons, in connection with an alleged conspiracy to carry out terrorist attacks across the country.
According to the Gujarat ATS, all three individuals had been under surveillance for the past year. “Three suspects have been arrested by the Gujarat ATS. They had been on the Gujarat ATS’s radar for the past year. All three were arrested while supplying weapons. They were planning to carry out terrorist attacks in various parts of the country,” the ATS stated. Further details about the arrests are awaited.
Earlier this year, the Gujarat ATS apprehended five terrorists linked to Al-Qaeda in the Indian Subcontinent (AQIS), including a woman from Bengaluru who allegedly ran an online terror module and had connections with Pakistani contacts. The 30-year-old woman, Sama Parveen, was arrested in relation to AQIS activities.
On July 23, the ATS had also arrested four individuals linked to AQIS: Mohd Faiq from Delhi, Mohd Fardeen from Ahmedabad, Sefullah Kureshi from Modasa in Aravalli, and Zeeshan Ali from Noida, Uttar Pradesh. Gujarat ATS Deputy Inspector General of Police, Sunil Joshi, confirmed that the arrests were based on intelligence inputs and coordinated surveillance targeting the proscribed terror outfit affiliated with Al Qaeda. (ANI)
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