Four ISIS Terrorists Arrested Gujarat: The Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) of Gujarat Police has arrested four Sri Lankan citizens for having hyperlinks with the banned group Islamic State (IS). In accordance to the police, these Sri Lankan citizens have been allegedly on a mission to perform terrorist actions in India.

An official mentioned that performing on the premise of intelligence, ATS caught the terrorists at Sardar Vallabhai Patel Airport on Sunday night time. These folks had reached Ahmedabad from Sri Lankan capital Colombo through Chennai.

Came to India to perform terrorist actions

Gujarat Director Common of Police Vikas Sahay mentioned that these folks had come to India on the orders of IS to perform terrorist actions. Sahay mentioned that on the premise of knowledge and pictures discovered within the cell phones seized from the accused, the ATS workforce has additionally recovered three Pakistan-made pistols and 20 cartridges mendacity unclaimed at a spot in Nana Chiloda space of ​​town.

Directions have been acquired to collect weapons

The Director Common of Police mentioned that they’d been instructed by their Pakistani handlers to collect the weapons. He took a flight from Colombo and reached Chennai on Sunday morning. After this the terrorists took one other flight to Ahmedabad, the place they landed at round 8 pm on Sunday night time. The accused have been recognized as Mohammad Nusrat (35), Mohammad Farooq (35), Mohammad Nafran (27) and Mohammad Rasdin (43).

Terrorists have been involved with Abu Bakr al Baghdadi

He mentioned the lads knowledgeable the investigators that they have been earlier associated with the banned Sri Lankan fundamentalist terrorist organisation, Nationwide Tauheet Jamaat (NJT) and joined IS after coming involved with their Pakistani handler Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi. The arrested terrorists are IS members radicalized by a Sri Lankan chief dwelling in Pakistan. 'He came involved with Abu Bakr (chief of IS in Pakistan) in February this yr and remained in contact with him via social media and have become fully radicalized below the affect of the ideology. ,

Directions have been acquired to perform terrorist actions

Sahay advised that the chief of the terrorists ordered them to perform terrorist actions in India, to which they agreed and even confirmed readiness to perform suicide bombings. These folks have been paid Rs 4 lakh in Sri Lankan forex for finishing up terrorist actions in India.

Images and paperwork seized

The cell phones recovered from the accused contained images and paperwork indicating their affiliation with IS. An IS flag was additionally recovered from his bag. These folks have been instructed to go away these flags on the place of their terrorist actions. Sahay mentioned the ATS used a translator to interrogate the accused as they didn’t perceive any language apart from Tamil.

Weapons have been hidden in Ahmedabad

He mentioned that interrogation revealed that Abu Bakr had given info to the accused about weapons hidden at a given place in Ahmedabad for his or her use. He mentioned the pistols had star markings and prima facie, the cartridges have been discovered to be made in Pakistan's Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA).

UAPA case registered

Mohammad Nusrat, one of many four arrested terrorists, additionally has a legitimate visa for Pakistan. Sahay mentioned {that a} case has been registered in opposition to these terrorists below the Illegal Actions Prevention Act (UAPA), Indian Penal Code and Arms Act and an in depth investigation is occurring.

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