Ahmedabad: Three persons were arrested by the Gujarat Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) from Ahmedabad on Sunday for allegedly conspiring to carry out terror strikes across the country.
According to sources, the three were supplying weapons when arrested. While two of them are from Uttar Pradesh, the third is from Hyderabad. They are apparently linked to the ISIS.
The ATS has said that all three suspects were on their radar for the past year.
“Three suspects have been arrested by the Gujarat ATS. They had been on the Gujarat ATS’s radar for the past year. All three were arrested while supplying weapons. They were planning to carry out terrorist attacks in various parts of the country,” the ATS said in a statement.
Their interrogation will lead to more arrests, officials believe. They could be part of a new terror module that was created to carry out disruptive activities across the country, an official said.
The Gujarat ATS had, earlier this year, arrested five Al-Qaeda in the Indian Subcontinent (AQIS) terrorists. They included a woman from Bengaluru who was allegedly running an online terror module and had links to Pakistani contacts.
The 30-year-old woman, identified as Sama Parveen, was arrested for her alleged links with the Al Qaeda. Her arrest follows the earlier detention of three other individuals linked to the case.
On July 23, the ATS arrested four terrorists with alleged links to the AQIS. They were identified as Mohd Faiq from Delhi, Mohd Fardeen from Ahmedabad, Sefullah Kureshi from Modasa in Aravalli, and Zeeshan Ali from Noida, Uttar Pradesh.
Gujarat ATS DIG Sunil Joshi had said that all four suspects were under surveillance for activities suspected to be connected to the AQIS.
