Bengaluru: Suspected terrorist Arif arrested for alleged links with Al Qaeda
In a huge model, suspected terrorist Arif has been arrested in Bengaluru below a joint operation conducted by the Interior Security Division (ISD) and the National Investigation Company (NIA) on Saturday morning.
Suspected Al Qaeda Terrorist Arrested In Bengaluru
Arif, a resident of Uttar Pradesh became working as a software engineer in a non-public firm and became working from dwelling. The accused became below the radar of security agencies for the last 2 years for having alleged links with fright organisations enjoy Al Qaeda and ISI.
Republic TV has learnt that accused the safety agencies picked up Arif from his Thanisandra plot in Bengaluru and raided the premises confiscating his digital gadgets and paperwork. It became printed that the accused became in constant contact with Al Qaeda for the previous two years via a messaging platform Telegram. He additionally communicated by the darkish internet along with his handlers who were the operatives of ISIS and Al Qaeda.
The agencies are additionally investigating the monetary transactions as he became planning to shuttle to Syria in March 2023, as per the sources. Particularly, Arif has been taken to an undisclosed plot by security agencies and is being interrogated.
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