The man has revealed to Police that he first came to Biharshariff through Malda District in West Bengal three months back. He came to know one Noor Mohammed there in Biharshariff who offered him an opportunity to make passport from India. Patna City SP (central) said, "Abdul told police that he wanted to go to Gulf countries for work. But Bangladesh nationals are not allowed to work there. He wanted to get the passport done from India." Sources said that images of Patna Junction, Mahavir Temple, Buddha Smriti Park were recovered from his phone. He has also sthe images to someone through WhatsApp which is being verified. The City SP said, "His mobile phone and contact details are being verified. However three Bangladesh nationals were arrested three months back from Biharshariff who came to India to make their passport." Read less...
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The structure of the outfit was decided by Shafi Arman, the handler of recruitments in India operating from Syria, in 2013, and Sheikh, was made the amir (‘chief’) of Ansarut Tawhid fi Bilal alHind, IS’s wing in India. Khalid Ahmed Ali Khalid alias Rizwan, a 20yearold arrested during the raids in Mumbai, was the secondincommand of IS in India, under whom four other chiefs were nominated, said police sources interrogating the suspects. According to the Police, Khalid played a key role in the indoctrination of Ayaz Sultan, Malwani resident who has gone missing, who was then made a recruiter. Khalid, according to sources, had visited Malwani and stayed with Sultan, and had also met other members, who were indoctrinated by Ayaz. Read less...
The two are members of al Qaeda's sleeper cell and motivate youths of the steel city as well as other parts of Jharkhand to join and expand the organisation, Police said. Masood confessed that he had been linked with the terrorist group since 2003 after he was motivated to join it by Abdul Rehman Katki, who had been arrested by Delhi Police from Cuttack in December, 2015.
He told the Police that he had first met Rehman, a frequent visitor to Jamshedpur, at the Jama Masjid at Sakchi in 2003 and was influenced by him to join the terrorist organisation. Masood had visited Saudi Arab in 2011 and met Sami on his return and convinced him (Sami) to join the group. He also played a crucial role in sending Sami to Pakistan for terrorist training. Masood, had also confessed that he had one more operative in his cell but claimed knew him only by face and that he too had received terrorist training in Pakistan. Search is on for the operative.