Guwahati: The police in Assam on Thursday claimed to have arrested a terrorist from Chennai actively associated with the Ansarullah Bangla Team (ABT) and Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen. This comes as a major success under Operation Praghat, which targets fundamentalist networks and Global Terrorist Organisations (GTO) nationwide.
The arrested terrorist has been identified as Abu Salam Ali.
Assam Police STF chief Partha Sarathi Mahanta said that in the ongoing operation PRAGHAT of Assam police, another important member of ABT and Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen has been picked up.
“We had sent an STF team to Chennai, and with the active cooperation and assistance from Tamil Nadu police and Andhra Pradesh police, an active member of Ansarullah Bangla Team (ABT) and Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Abu Salam Ali, who is from Assam and who was hiding in Chennai, has been picked up,” Inspector General of Police (IGP) Mahanta said.
Guided by intelligence inputs and reinforced by technical support, the Assam STF, with the active collaboration of Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu Police, launched a planned operation in the early hours of February 12.
The person was arrested in connection with STF under sections 61(2), 147, 148, 149 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), R/W sections 10, 13, 16, 18, 18B, 20 of the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967, R/W section 12(1)(a) of the Passport Act, 1967.