Five suspected Al Qaida in Indian Subcontinent operatives remanded to judicial custody

New Delhi: Five suspected operatives of Al Qaida in Indian Subcontinent (AQIS), arrested for allegedly radicalising youths and propagating the terror agenda of the outfit, were today remanded to judicial custody till March 8 by a Delhi court.

The five accused -- Maulana Mohd Abdul Rehman Kasmi, Abdul Sami, Mohd Asif, Zafar Masood and Syed Anzar Shah -- were produced before the court and the Special Cell of Delhi Police said they be remanded to judicial custody as the probe in the case was going on.

Police had earlier claimed that Rehman ran a madrassa in Uttar Pradesh where several students were enrolled and he was allegedly trying to radicalise them for terror activities.

It had also claimed that Masood was propagating terror agenda of AQIS among the youths and trying to attract them towards the outfit.

While Asif was held from Seelampur in north-east Delhi, Rehman was arrested from Jagatpur area of Cuttack in Odisha, police had said. All the accused have been booked under the provisions of the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act.

The police had claimed that Rehman is suspected to have international links in countries like Saudi Arabia, Pakistan and Dubai.

It had alleged that the other co-accused were also trying to radicalise youths and propagating the terror agenda of AQIS in India.

The police had quizzed the five accused in its custody regarding the conspiracy and fundings of AQIS and also to ascertain the identity of their associates.