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Al-Qaeda terror suspect arrested in kolkata got fake Aadhaar card made in Karnataka

 

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Two days after the two alleged Al-Qaeda linkmen got arrested by officials of Kolkata Police’s Special Task Force, it was revealed that fake Aadhaar card recovered from one of them was not the only one which had been made. A total of three people were arrested by the STF team. 

STF sources said that upon interrogation they had revealed that the card was made in Karnataka. “There had been many such cards made there at the cost of Rs 10,000 each. Many cards have been distributed and some were under process. We are probing into how these cards with West Bengal’s address have been made from Karnataka,” said a senior STF official. He also said that Karnataka police have been alerted and together joint operations are underway to nab those behind the scam.

Two of the three arrested on November 21 were members of banned Bangladeshi group Ansarullah Bangla Team (ABT) also called Ansar Bangla which has direct links with Al-Qaeda network. STF officials said that one of the arrested, 26-year-old Samsad Mia possessed a fake Aadhaar card under the name of Tushar Biswas.

It was also found out that Samsad was the head of the explosive making department of the group and used to train others about how to make explosives.

On November 21, acting on a tip-off, Samsad, along with Riazul Islam (25) alias Riaz alias Suman and Manotosh Dey (46) had been arrested from Kolkata Railway Station in north Kolkata between 2.30 and 3 pm by the STF. While Samsad and Riazul were Bangladeshi citizens, Monotosh was found to be a resident of Basirhat in North 24 Parganas where he has two houses and married to two separate persons. To each one he had been living with a fake identity – one of a fish dealer and other of a BSF jawan.

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