Assam: 7 more with ‘jihadis’ JMB links arrested

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The seven arrested are Joynal Abedin (32), Rezzak Ali (21), Soleman Ali (28), Dildar Ali (23), Md Nurul Islam (27), Rafiqul Islam (22) and Ukhiluddin (33). Among them Joynal Abedin is also an Imam of the Amguri masjid, who was instrumental in motivating young men in different villages in Chirang, Baska and Kokrajhar to join the jihadi group, Additional DGP Bishnoi said.

With the arrest of Joynal Abedin, the number of imams arrested in connection with the JMB module has risen to two. “We had earlier arrested another imam called Abu Bakkar Siddique on April 16. Siddique was an imam of a masjid in Tulsibeel,” Bishnoi said.

The police had only on April 16 arrested four persons from different locations in Kokrajhar and Chirang districts. While Sahanur Alom, one of the prime accused in the Burdwan blast case was arrested in December 2014, the police have subsequently arrested 29 more persons, a couple of whom are recruiters, motivators and trainers, while the remaining ones are recruits who had undergone various kind of training ranging from motivational courses to arms training and manufacture and handling of various kinds of explosives.

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