Suspected al Qaeda operative nabbed from East Delhi

A man from Vikas Marg has been arrested by Delhi Police for suspected links with al Qaeda.

Pic Courtesy: ANI

New Delhi: The Delhi Police on Sunday evening arrested a man for suspected links with al Qaeda.

Shomon Haq, was arrested by Delhi Police's Special Cell from East Delhi, as per ANI.

He has been reportedly active for past four years.

Deputy Commissioner of Police PS Kushwah told reporters that Haq was arrested near Shakarpur area of east Delhi on Sunday. 
Kushwah said he was carrying a fake voter identification card in the name of Shumon Haq from Bihar. 

Rehman, who had been an operative of Al Qaeda for the last four years, had received a three-month arms training in Syria and had fought in Alleppo, Kushwah said. Police also recovered a pistol and four cartridges from him. 

Police said the accused`s mission was to set up base Manipur or Mizoram and radicalise Rohingya Muslims to fight the military in Myanmar. 

Kushwah said Rehman was previously working in Bangladesh and was jailed. 

"He had radicalised around a dozen people in Bangladesh," he said, describing him as a "hardcore terrorist". 

The officer said the man was in India for the past two months and was in touch with different people from south India, West Bengal as well as Jammu and Kashmir. 

The officer said Rehman`s family owned a residence in central London. 

Thousands of Rohingya Muslims have led Myanmar and taken refuge in Bangladesh -- and some in India too -- to escape violence in the wake of a military crackdown.

(With Agency inputs)