Four students of Aligarh Muslim University arrested for alleged links with ISIS

The ATS said the four were associated with the “SPLINTER group”, formed from an organization called Students of Aligarh Muslim University (SAMU) and ISIS, and allegedly plotted terror activities across the state.

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Lucknow: The Anti-Terror Squad of the Uttar Pradesh Police on Saturday arrested four people allegedly linked to the Aligarh module of ISIS. The suspects nabbed by ATS have been identified as Raquib Imam Ansari (29), who pursued B.Tech and M.Tech from Aligarh Muslim University (AMU), Naved Siddiqui (23), who obtained a B.Sc degree from the same university , Mohammed Noman Gaffar (27), a BA (Hons) student from AMU, and Mohammed Nazim (33), also from AMU.

The ATS said the four were associated with the “SPLINTER group”, formed from an organization called Students of Aligarh Muslim University (SAMU) and ISIS, and allegedly plotted terror activities across the state. Special DG (Law and Order) Prashant Kumar said the suspects were inspired by ISIS ideology and took instructions from their ISIS proxies to carry out terror activities in the state. “They were collecting material and planning a strike,” Kumar told news agency IANS.

7 Arrested, propaganda material related to ISIS and Al Qaeda recovered

The ATS has recovered propaganda material related to ISIS and Al Qaeda in the Indian Subcontinent (AQIS) from their pen drives. The ATS said the names of the four arrested persons emerged during interrogation with Arsalan and Tariq, who were arrested earlier on Monday (Nov 6). Later, on Wednesday (Nov 8), another suspect was arrested, Wajihuddin, who also has a PhD in public administration from AMU. A senior ATS official said seven members of the module have been arrested so far.

Earlier this month, Additional Director General of Police (ATS) Mohit Aggarwal said the unit had received a tip-off that some radicalized people, influenced by ISIS, were involved in anti-national activities and were forming a jihadist group of like-minded people. the guidelines of their supervisors, PTI reported. They were planning to carry out a major attack in Uttar Pradesh, he had said.

Police later arrested Abdullah Arsalan, Maaz bin Tariq and Waziudin, who are also said to have links to ISIS. During the interrogation of the three, information was received about the four suspects who were arrested on Friday and Saturday. Action will be taken against the four arrested suspects after they are presented in court, the release said.