GG News Bureau
Kolkata, 18th August. Two suspected Al Qaeda in the Indian Subcontinent (AQIS) members have been detained by the West Bengal Police in the North 24 Parganas district, according to a senior officer.
Acting on a tip, officers from the state police’s special task force raided the Kharibari area under the Shasan Police Station limits on Wednesday night and arrested the two for their alleged involvement with the terror outfit, he said.
According to the senior police officer, one of them has been identified as a resident of Gangarampur in the Dakshin Dinajpur district, and the other is from Arambagh in Hooghly. Several documents were also seized from their possession during the raid.
“Both have been arrested because of their involvement with the AQIS. Documents containing highly radicalised thoughts, indicative of waging war against India, have been seized from their possession. A specific case is being initiated against them,” he said.
He said, after questioning the two, the police found that at least 17 other AQIS members are active in the area.
The arrested members will appear in a local court on Thursday, according to the officer.
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