In a joint operation, the Inner Safety Division (ISD) and Nationwide Investigation Company (NIA) arrested a suspected terrorist in Manjunath Nagar close to Thanisandra of Bengaluru within the metropolis on Saturday, officers stated.
Officers stated the accused was recognized as Mohammed Arif, an Uttar Pradesh resident, who allegedly had hyperlinks with the Islamic State (IS) and was in fixed contact with IS handlers on-line via the Telegram software.
He additionally communicated through the darkish internet along with his handlers, they added.
Police stated Arif, who was remotely working at an IT agency in Bengaluru for the final two years, deliberate to depart for Syria this March via Iraq and Afghanistan. The central companies, who had discovered that he had hyperlinks with the Islamic State for the final two years, had saved a tab on his actions on-line and monitored his actions, they added.
The NIA has seized his laptop computer and different digital gadgets for investigation, and he’s being questioned to determine his community, officers stated, including that also they are looking his home within the metropolis’s Thanisandra space to search for extra proof.
In the meantime, on Saturday, Karnataka house minister Araga Jnanendra congratulated the authorities on the arrest and stated that additional investigation is underway.
The house minister additionally stated, “organisations that stir communal sentiments and trigger instability in society will probably be suppressed”.
“These organisations and related individuals who create instability within the nation by inciting communal sentiments will probably be saved below fixed vigilance, and all makes an attempt to weaken India will probably be destroyed,” Jnanendra stated.
“Appearing on a tip-off that he had hyperlinks with worldwide terrorist organisations, the state police arrested him early on Saturday. The state police, in collaboration with officers of the central company, arrested him, and additional interrogation is underway. It’s also stated that the accused, Arif, was getting ready to journey overseas. Within the meantime, the police have taken him into custody,” the house minister added.