Guwahati: A 25-year-old youth has been arrested for alleged links with the Ansarullah Bangla Team from Bongaigaon district of Assam.
The arrestee identified as Syed Ahmed.
According to reports, he was arrested from Bhandara under Manikpur police station in Bongaigaon.
Swapnil Deka, the Superintendent of Police in Bongaigaon said the person was arrested based on a statement provided by another suspect in the case Imran Hussain.
Hussain had been apprehended on April 18, 2022.
The police officials further recovered Bank passbooks, Aadhaar cards, and “books inciting jihad” from his possession.
According to the police, another suspect in the case managed to flee from the spot.
Ansarullah Bangla Team (ABT), also known as Ansar Bangla, is a Bangladeshi Islamic Jihadi group that has been linked to a number of crimes, including the horrific attacks and deaths of “atheist” bloggers between 2013 and 2015, as well as a bank robbery in April 2015.
The group was prohibited by the Ministry of Home Affairs on May 25, 2015, just days after the bank robbery.
The officials further added that the group is tied to Islami Chhatra Shibir, Bangladesh’s student section of the Jamaat-e-Islami party.