15 Qaeda activists held in Manipur

Assam Rifles personnel, acting on a tip-off, nabbed them from a house at Moreh Ward number 3, about 120 km from Imphal on August 17, the sources said.

All of them had entered India without valid documents, they said.

They were proceeding to Bangladesh via Manipur and Silchar in Assam, the sources said.

Foreign currency, including US dollars, were seized from the arrested persons, the sources said.

The other currencies recovered from them were Bangladeshi Taka, Myanmarese Kyat and some coins.

While one of the activists had a work permit of Thailand, identity card, hospital card, income tax card, a bank receipt of a Kuala Lumpur bank were also seized from the others, the sources said.

The activists were identified as Md Nasen 42, Faizu Rehaman 17, Sled Salam 21, Abul Hussein 42 and Md Rehman 18, all Bangladeshi national.

The rest were identified as Mahabu Basar 22, Md Junet 28, Basir Ahmad 21, Md Salim 23, Sabir Ahmad 31, Md Rohid 17, Abdullah 32, Md Abdul 18, B Ahmad 18 and Sali Ahmad 32, all from Myanmar-Bangladesh border, the sources said.

They were being interrogated and likely to be handed over to the police on Monday, the sources said.