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Guwahati, Oct 1 : Hizbul Mujahideen had set up at least 8-10 sleeper cells in Assam in past two years and sent five Assam youths to Pakistan and Pak-occupied Kashmir for arms training.
The Kashmiri separatist terrorist group had also planned to set up a transit camp in Assam and trying to get in touch with Rohingyas in the North Eastern region.
Assam police have accessed sensational info about Hizbul Mujahideen’s planning during interrogation of arrested Hizbul operatives.
After arrest of Qamar-uz-Zaman, a Hizbul Mujahideen terrorist, by the Lucknow Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) from Kanpur on September 12, Assam police had arrested eight Hizbul operatives from several areas of the state.
A top official of Assam police said that, during the interrogation, the arrested Hizbul operatives revealed that, the terrorist groups had already set up 8-10 sleeper cells in Assam and planned to set up a transit camp in the state.
“The Kashmiri terrorist group sent five Assam youths to Pakistan and Pak-occupied Kashir for arms training. Assam police have identified two among five youths,” the top cop said.
“We have collected information about missing youths from several areas of central Assam’s Hojai, Nagaon, Karbi Anglong, lower Assam’s Barpeta, Goalpara, Bongaigaon districts. The terrorist group was trying to get in touch with Rohingyas in North Eastern region with the help of some suspected organisations, groups,” the official said.
Assam police have already arrested eight suspected Hizbul Mujahideen terrorists including Qamar-uz-Zaman’s childhood friend 39-year-old Shahnawaz Alam, his elder brother Saiful Islam.
Qamar-uz-Zaman had visited Assam in August last and travelled few areas in Hojai, Nagaon, Karbi Anglong and Barpeta districts.
Qamar-uz-Zaman, who failed in his BA third year examination, went missing in 2017 until April 2018, but he had undergone training in Pakistan in 2017 and he had taken arms training under ISIS and joined Hizbul Mujahideen.
On the other hand, to get Qamar-uz-Zaman their own custody, Assam police have contacted with their Uttar Pradesh counterparts to get Qamar-uz-Zaman their own custody and a team of Assam police would likely to visit the northern Indian state this week.
(By Hemanta Kumar Nath, Guwahati)
