Assam Police Averts Terror Attack Ploy Of Bangladesh-Linked Terrorists
The Special Task Force (STF) of the Assam Police arrested two more members of the Ansarullah Bangla Team (ABT), a Bangladesh-based terror group affiliated with al-Qaeda in the Indian Subcontinent (AQIS), a senior police officer said. The suspects, Abdul Zaher Sheikh and Sabbir Mirdha, were arrested from Namapara in Kokrajhar district on Tuesday night, Special Director General of Police Harmeet Singh said. "With the arrest of the two more ABT cadres, the STF achieved a huge success in averting a possible major terror act by fundamentalist and jihadi elements of a global terrorist organisation," Mr Singh told reporters. Eight ABT operatives were arrested from Assam, West Bengal, and Kerala last week.
