New Delhi: The Gujarat Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) arrested 4 Sri Lankan nationals for his or her alleged hyperlinks with Islamic State (ISIS) terrorists on Monday from the Ahmedabad airport. All 4 terrorists had boarded an Ahembdabad-bound flight from Chennai, officers mentioned.
The 4 arrested accused have been recognized as Mohammad Nusrat, Mohammad Nufran, Mohammad Faris and Mohammad Razdin. All 4 are Sri Lankan nationals and have been energetic members of the banned terror outfit.
“Information was received that they are coming to India to commit a terror attack,” Gujarat DGP Vikash Sahay mentioned.
The police official additional knowledgeable that the arrest was made after analysing the listing of passengers coming from the south. The arrested terrorists had boarded an Ahembdabad-bound flight from Chennai.
“All four of them are completely radicalised by the ISIS ideology and they are going to come to India to commit a terror attack. As per the information, they were going to reach Ahmedabad on May 18 or 19 either by railway or flight,” Gujarat DGP mentioned, ANI reported.
The DGP additional knowledgeable that the methods have been created primarily based on the knowledge acquired precedence.
“Passenger lists of trains and flights coming from the south were analysed. All 4 of them were travelling from Chennai to Ahmedabad on the same PNR no. through an Indigo flight. Verification was done in Colombo too for confirmation,” he added.
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has additionally filed a chargesheet on March 21 towards three accused within the Delhi-Padgha ISIS terror module case.
As per the NIA, the accused, recognized as Mohammad Rizwan Ashraf of Prayagraj, Mohammed Arshad Warsi of Dehradun and Mohammed Shahnawaz Alam of Hazaribagh, have been actively concerned in selling the anti-India agenda of the proscribed terror outfit.
