Wednesday | May 14 2025 | 03:49:24 PM
New Delhi, April 28
The Jharkhand Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) has detained three individuals from different parts of Jharkhand for interrogation in connection with the recent Pahalgam terror attack.
The ATS team reached Wasseypur in Jharkhand's Dhanbad district and picked up two men identified as Yusuf and Kausar. A woman named Shabnam was also detained by ATS sleuths from Shamsher Nagar. She is a resident of Govindpur town in Dhanbad district.
The ATS had the intelligence that Shabnam's husband, Ayan, was allegedly involved in Aadhaar card forgery. Raids and arrests have been made over the suspicion of a connection with the sleeper cells of terrorist organisations, officials said.
In August 2024, the Jharkhand ATS, along with Delhi Police, raided a total of 16 locations in Ranchi, Hazaribagh and Lohardaga, resulting in the arrest of nine suspects. Among those arrested last year was Dr Ishtiaq Ahmed, who works as a radiologist at the Ranchi Medical College.
The Jharkhand ATS has been on the prowl of terror suspects in the state since last few months and more after the Pahalgam terror attack when counter terrorism agencies across the country have been tasked to keep watch on suspicious people and groups in the aftermath.
