Terror modules radicalising folks from shelter of some mosques, madrassas in Assam: Himanta

Express News Service

GUWAHATI: The Assam police bust some modules of the al-Qaeda within the Indian subcontinent and the Bangladesh-based Ansarullah Bangla Team who had been radicalizing the youth of the state from the shelter of some mosques and madrassas in latest months, Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma disclosed on Thursday.

He appealed to the folks, particularly Muslims, to report back to the police if they arrive throughout a stranger of their locality serving because the Imam of a mosque or instructor of a madrassa.

“We will verify his antecedents. We have to keep a close watch on the Imams and the madrassa teachers,” he stated.

Assam has already closed down 800 government-run madrassas. Sarma stated discussions had been on at numerous ranges, together with with stakeholders, on the 800 Quomi madrassas that are amongst 1,500 non-public madrassas useful within the state.

“However, the number of madrassas does not automatically signify the number of ‘jihadis’. Our complaint is only against unknown teachers and Imams. They are using some madrassas as their shelter. We have to find out those madrassas,” Sarma stated.

He stated the federal government had not discovered any direct hyperlinks between the Popular Front of India (PFI) and the 5 modules busted by the police in some districts of central and decrease Assam.

“There is a scientific progression. First, whip up the sentiment that the Muslims have been victimised by the state. The PFI has created the eco-system of pushing people to indoctrination,” the Assam CM stated.

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The 5 modules busted had been concerned in radicalising folks, Sarma stated. The police had arrested numerous folks, together with three from Tripura and one from Bangladesh. Incriminating paperwork, together with “jihadi literature”, had been recovered, he added.

Stating that Assam has been for a while on the al Qaeda’s radar, he stated the police discovered the involvement of six Bangladeshi nationals in radicalising the youth of Assam. One of them, Md Suman, was arrested whereas the others have gone into hiding. They all had entered Assam in 2016-17.

Mohammad Suman, who had entered Assam from West Bengal, married an area in Barpeta and settled down there. He was discovered working because the Imam of a mosque, Sarma stated.

“We don’t know exactly how many Bangladeshi nationals entered Assam to indulge in such activities and how many from Assam went to Bangladesh. It is possible that there are various other modules active in Assam, which are led by Bangladeshi nationals but have not yet come under the glare of the police,” Sarma stated.

He stated the communication mode of those Islamic fundamentalists was discovered to be highly-sophisticated.

“They installed some apps that we have not heard of. After coming to Assam, they will install these apps, talk and stop using them. That made it very difficult for us to track them,” Sarma stated.

Funds had been despatched to them on-line in small installments of Rs 20,000 to Rs 30,000 in order that no one suspects them, he stated.

“All Muslims are not fundamentalists. In fact, we managed to bust the modules and make the arrests based on inputs shared by some peace-loving Muslims,” he added.

GUWAHATI: The Assam police bust some modules of the al-Qaeda within the Indian subcontinent and the Bangladesh-based Ansarullah Bangla Team who had been radicalizing the youth of the state from the shelter of some mosques and madrassas in latest months, Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma disclosed on Thursday.

He appealed to the folks, particularly Muslims, to report back to the police if they arrive throughout a stranger of their locality serving because the Imam of a mosque or instructor of a madrassa.

“We will verify his antecedents. We have to keep a close watch on the Imams and the madrassa teachers,” he stated.

Assam has already closed down 800 government-run madrassas. Sarma stated discussions had been on at numerous ranges, together with with stakeholders, on the 800 Quomi madrassas that are amongst 1,500 non-public madrassas useful within the state.

“However, the number of madrassas does not automatically signify the number of ‘jihadis’. Our complaint is only against unknown teachers and Imams. They are using some madrassas as their shelter. We have to find out those madrassas,” Sarma stated.

He stated the federal government had not discovered any direct hyperlinks between the Popular Front of India (PFI) and the 5 modules busted by the police in some districts of central and decrease Assam.

“There is a scientific progression. First, whip up the sentiment that the Muslims have been victimised by the state. The PFI has created the eco-system of pushing people to indoctrination,” the Assam CM stated.

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The 5 modules busted had been concerned in radicalising folks, Sarma stated. The police had arrested numerous folks, together with three from Tripura and one from Bangladesh. Incriminating paperwork, together with “jihadi literature”, had been recovered, he added.

Stating that Assam has been for a while on the al Qaeda’s radar, he stated the police discovered the involvement of six Bangladeshi nationals in radicalising the youth of Assam. One of them, Md Suman, was arrested whereas the others have gone into hiding. They all had entered Assam in 2016-17.

Mohammad Suman, who had entered Assam from West Bengal, married an area in Barpeta and settled down there. He was discovered working because the Imam of a mosque, Sarma stated.

“We don’t know exactly how many Bangladeshi nationals entered Assam to indulge in such activities and how many from Assam went to Bangladesh. It is possible that there are various other modules active in Assam, which are led by Bangladeshi nationals but have not yet come under the glare of the police,” Sarma stated.

He stated the communication mode of those Islamic fundamentalists was discovered to be highly-sophisticated.

“They installed some apps that we have not heard of. After coming to Assam, they will install these apps, talk and stop using them. That made it very difficult for us to track them,” Sarma stated.

Funds had been despatched to them on-line in small installments of Rs 20,000 to Rs 30,000 in order that no one suspects them, he stated.

“All Muslims are not fundamentalists. In fact, we managed to bust the modules and make the arrests based on inputs shared by some peace-loving Muslims,” he added.