The Gujarat ATS on Sunday arrested two brothers with suspected ISIS links who allegedly hatched plans to conduct “lone-wolf” attacks in the state.
Following the arrest of two men from Gujarat with suspected ISIS links and plans to conduct lone-wolf attack in the state, Home Minister Rajnath Singh has said that the Centre will not allow India to become a target of the terror group. "We will not allow India to become the target of ISIS."
"I had talked to the Police Commissioner on this and I continue to be in touch with him on latest developments," HM Rajnath Singh said.
The Gujarat ATS on Sunday arrested two brothers with suspected ISIS links who allegedly hatched plans to conduct “lone-wolf” attacks in the state.
Wasim Ramodiya and Naeem, who have MCA and BCA degrees respectively, were allegedly in contact with ISIS handlers and were planning to target religious places like Chotila, police said, adding they have recovered bomb-making material from them.
Based on a specific information about their alleged activities “inspired by the jihadi ideology of ISIS”, ATS officials nabbed Wasim from Rajkot and his elder brother Naeem from Bhavnagar during an early morning operation, said officials.
In-charge Joint Commissioner of Police (JCP) Gujarat ATS, JK Bhatt said explosives as well as jihadi literature were found during raids at their residences in Rajkot and Bhavnagar.
Bhatt told reporters in Ahmedabad the brothers used to make social media accounts at frequent intervals to avoid detection. They are believed to have made more than 20 such accounts.
“They were on our radar since last three months. When we arrested them, they were in the process of making an improvised bomb to carry out lone wolf style attacks,” ATS ACP BH Chavda said. Call details of ISIS’ controversial preacher Mufti Abdus Sami Qasmi showed he was in touch with Waseem and Nayeem and that is how the brothers came under police scrutiny, he added.
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