Delhi Police Arrests Two Persons Over Suspected Links With Terror Outfits
The accused have been identified as Jagjit Singh alias Jagga (29), a resident of Udham Singh Nagar in Uttarakhand, and Naushad (56), a resident of Jahangirpuri in Delhi, police said.
New Delhi: Delhi Police on Thursday arrested two persons over their suspected links with terror organisations and involvement in heinous crimes, news agency PTI reported.
According to the report, the accused have been identified as Jagjit Singh alias Jagga (29), a resident of Udham Singh Nagar in Uttarakhand, and Naushad (56), a resident of Jahangirpuri in Delhi, police said.
As per Delhi Police Special Cell, three pistols and 22 live cartridges were recovered from the arrested duo.
According to the report, Jagga is suspected to have connections with a Canada-based Khalistani terrorist, police said.
A few other suspects, allegedly having links with Khalisthani terrorist are being questioned. They were picked up from northwest Delhi's Jahangirpuri area, police added.
Naushad had been allegedly associated with terror organisation 'Harkat ul-Ansar'.
He has been a life convict in two cases of murder and has also undergone 10 years jail sentence in an Explosive Act case, Delhi Police spokesperson Suman Nalwa said.
However, it was not immediately known in what circumstances he was outside jail.
According to police, Jagjit is a member of the notorious 'Bambiha' gang and has been getting instructions from anti-national elements based abroad. He is a parole jumper in a case of murder in Uttarakhand.
Further investigation is underway to ascertain their suspected involvement in other cases, police further added.
Earlier, a person with suspected links to the terror outfit Islamic State (ISIS) was arrested by Kolkata Police's Special Task Force (STF) on Monday, as per reports.
The arrested person has been identified as Abdul Raquib Qureshi (33). As per police, he had pledged his allegiance to ISIS and he was arrested from Khandwa in Madhya Pradesh. A mobile phone, pen drive and some articles were recovered from him, police said.
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