Shahadat-e al Hiqma is a banned terrorist organisation in Bangladesh. (Representational)
Kolkata:
The Particular Process Drive (STF) of West Bengal Police has arrested a school scholar and detained 5 others from Panagarh space in Paschim Bardhaman district for his or her alleged hyperlinks with a Bangladesh-based terror outfit, a senior officer stated on Sunday.
The youth, a second-year Laptop Science scholar, was picked up from his Panagarh residence late on Saturday night for his alleged hyperlinks with banned Islamist organisation Shahadat-e al Hiqma of Bangladesh, he stated.
Primarily based on inputs offered by him throughout his interrogation, STF sleuths nabbed 5 extra individuals from Nababghat space in the identical district, the officer stated.
“The arrested particular person was attempting to recruit youths from Paschim and Purba Bardhaman districts for the phobia outfit. We’re looking for out who all have been in contact with him,” the STF officer advised PTI.
Among the many 5 others have been the brother of the arrested particular person and 4 others who have been attempting to affix the phobia outfit, he stated.
The STF has seized the coed’s laptop computer and some paperwork, together with a diary, the officer stated.
Shahadat-e al Hiqma is a banned terrorist organisation in Bangladesh.
In 2016, NIA had arrested a scholar from Kanksa space within the district for his alleged hyperlinks to ISI.
