New Delhi, January 18 : Delhi Police Special Cell late on Monday evening nabbed an Al Qaeda terrorist from Haryana. The terrorist has been identified as Abdul Sami. The latest capture comes at a very short notice of time, when another person was also arrested from Bengaluru by the Delhi Police for being a suspected member of the terrorist outfit.
The man identified as Maulana Anzar Shah. According to sources, he was plotting to carry out a series of terror strikes in the country. The aim of the infamous terrorist group has always been to attack some prominent leaders in places crowded with people and popular touristic locations.
Shah was brought to Delhi on transit remand and produced at the Patiala House court . He was arrested by the anti-terrorist Special Cell wing of Delhi Police in its ongoing operation against al-Qaida in the Indian sub-continent (AQIS). (ALSO READ : Al-Qaida terrorist held in Bengaluru).
The Special Cell had in December last year arrested two AQIS operatives Zafar Masood and Abdul Rehman. Reportedly, Shah’s name popped up during their interrogation. Another terrorist in custody, Mohammed Asif, the recruitment and training head of AQIS, had also confessed to meeting Shah at a religious congregation in Bengaluru, sources have added. (ALSO READ : Sanaul Haq, Al Qaeda’s Indian chief and the most wanted man belongs to the family of freedom fighter).
Incidentally,Shah had reactivated himself to provide logistical support when contacted by the AQIS operatives. The Special Cell also has the details of financial transaction between them and Shah, sources have intimated.
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