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Guwahati, February 24 : Security forces had unearthed the plan of Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) for Assam and other parts of north east India after arresting a suspected ISIS operative from Assam's Barak Valley on Thursday.
Karimganj police on Thursday had arrested a suspected ISIS operative from Badarpur Mission road area.
The suspected jehadi was identified as Alomgir Hussain.
Alomgir, son of late Asab uddin of Mission Road Badarpur went to Bangladesh without Passport few years ago and also went to Singapore and few Islamic countries.
A top Assam police official said that, he went to Singapore with Bangladesh Passport and finally came back to India in 2013 through secret route.
"After arrival he puchased crores of landed property and big RCC house. He also motivated few youths in Barak Valley and to establish ISIS module in Assam," the top police official said.
"He is also a fund collector of the jehidi organization," the top cops said.
Meanwhile, Assam DGP Mukesh Sahay said that, the Assam police has taken the matter seriously and started investigation from all round of corners.
"We have not sure that, the man working for ISIS in Assam. Some youths of the state are in touch with ISIS," Sahay said.
On the other hand, a top source of Investigation Bureau (IB) said that, ISIS has planned to establish its module in every state across the country and some overground organizations still working for the terrorist group.
The IB source further said that, over 150 youths of Assam are in touch with ISIS.
Recently, National Investigation Agency (NIA) had arrested dozen of ISIS operatives from different parts of the country.
(Reporting by Hemanta Kumar Nath)
