Assam STF says ‘major terror incident’ averted with arrest of 2 terror suspects with Al-Qaeda links
According to police, the accused were sent to India under the direction of Jasimuddin Rahmani, Chief of Ansarullah Bangla Team.

After the arrest of eight terror suspects, the Special Task Force (STF) of Assam Police Tuesday arrested two more persons with alleged links to Al-Qaeda affiliate Ansarullah Bangla Team.
According to police, a “major terror incident” has been averted with the arrest of two suspects, identified as Abdul Zaher Sheikh and Sabbir Mirdha, from Kokrajhar district.
On December 19, the Assam police arrested eight people, including a Bangladeshi national from Assam, West Bengal and Kerala. The arrests were made following a tip off from Md Sad Radi, a Bangladeshi national.
Police said that the accused were sent to India under the direction of Jasimuddin Rahmani, Chief of Ansarullah Bangla Team.
Police had stated that the module was working to “establish sleeper cells across the country” especially in Assam and West Bengal to “initiate violent and subversive actions.”
“From our interrogations since December 19 when we had made our last catch, we have found that this is a large conspiracy against the country,” said Asam Special DGP Harmeet Singh.
The recoveries made from a hideout include four handmade rifles and a prepared IED, along with explosive material.
“There was an IED but with it we found circuits of detonators, electronic switches, iron cases for making IEDs, iron pieces and plates which can cause huge destruction when placed in IEDs. Huge numbers of switches, wires and explosives taken out from firecrackers, so a lot of explosives. Handmade grenade, as well as four numbers of handmade rifles which look like AK-47s. Now we are tracing where these handmade rifles are coming from. 34 rounds of live ammunition and 24 rounds of blank cartridges. Finding blank cartridges means that they have practised. So a major terror incident has been averted,” he said.