Ten individuals had been arrested from Assam within the nationwide crackdown on terror outfit Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) on Saturday, Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma mentioned.
Within the large pan-India crackdown, NIA performed searches at 26 places throughout 5 states — Assam, Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh, Delhi and Jammu and Kashmir “In the present day, Assam Police led by NIA has arrested 10 members of an Islamic terrorist organisation,” he posted on X.
Attacking the Congress, he alleged that every time there’s a menace to Assam, the opposition social gathering opposes the federal government, defending “this ecosystem”.
A senior police officer mentioned that in a joint operation performed by the NIA and Assam Police, 9 suspects had been apprehended from Goalpara and one from Hojai district.
“All these arrested are at the moment in NIA custody. An investigation and authorized procedures are at the moment ongoing,” he mentioned.
Talking on the sidelines of a programme, Sarma mentioned these arrests have as soon as once more proved that the menace to Assam from “radical components” was very a lot actual.
“A bit of individuals is commonly derisive after I point out these threats however it has been proved repeatedly what we’re saying is true,” he mentioned, including that every time NIA acts towards radical components, arrests shall be constituted of Assam.
“In Assam, it’s a indisputable fact that radical forces have infiltrated and it’s mandatory for us to be cautious,” he mentioned.
Sarma alleged that slogans raised by encroachers throughout the eviction drive at Kachutoli in Kamrup (Metropolitan) district show that “a type of radical coaching” was being imparted.
“The arrests made in Goalpara and the Kochutoli incident point out that the indigenous individuals of the state must lead a lifetime of deep uncertainty within the subsequent 10-15 years. It will likely be very troublesome for us to reside right here if this continues,” he claimed.
Two individuals had been killed in police firing following violence throughout the current eviction drive in Kochutoli village.
