Suspected ISIS terrorist arrested in Chhattisgarh

Wajihuddin, a resident of Aligarh in Uttar Pradesh, was held from Smriti Nagar under Supela police station area of the district, Durg Police said in a statement.

Durg:A joint team of the Uttar Pradesh ATS and Chhattisgarh police have arrested a suspected ISIS terrorist from Durg district on Wednesday, said officials. The arrested man identified as Wajihuddin, a resident of Aligarh in Uttar Pradesh has been living in Smriti Nagar under Supela police station area of the district for the last three months, Durg Police said in a statement.

An Anti-Terrorist Squad (ATS) unit of Jhansi of Uttar Pradesh came to Durg to track down Wajihuddin against whom a case had been registered under relevant provisions of the Indian Penal Code and Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967, by the ATS Lucknow, it said. After a 24-hour-long search operation, he was nabbed, the release said. Durg Police handed over Wajihuddin to the UP ATS and further court-related procedure was being carried out, it said.

In the preliminary interrogation, Wajihuddin informed that he was associated with SAMU (Students of Aligarh Muslim University), pursuing PhD and supporter of the ideology of ISIS (Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, a middle-east terror group)," the release added. He was allegedly linked to Mohammad Rizwan, an active ISIS member arrested by the Delhi police, it claimed.

Wajihuddin is a student of AMU (terrorist Wajihuddin in Durg): According to the information received from UP Police, Wajihuddin is a student of AMU. He is doing PhD from Aligarh Muslim University. The terrorist was living in the fort for the last three months.