GUWAHATI: In a significant breakthrough, Assam Police's Special Task Force (STF) apprehended two high-profile ISIS operatives, who were wanted by the National Investigation Agency (NIA), as they entered Assam through Dhubri from neighbouring Bangladesh.
According to STF sources, intelligence agencies had earlier alerted about the presence of two senior ISIS leaders in a neighbouring country, planning to enter India via the Dhubri sector for sabotage activities. Acting on this tip-off, an STF team led by Parthasarathi Mahanta, IGP (STF), and Kalyan Kumar Pathak, Additional SP, STF, launched an operation to capture the duo. The team headed to Dhubri on Tuesday evening.
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Deploying a manhunt in the international border area, the STF intensified efforts to apprehend the suspects. At around 4:15 am on Wednesday, the team successfully intercepted the accused individuals in the Dharmasala area of Dhubri, shortly after they crossed over.
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Identified as Haris Farooqi, alias Harish Ajmal Farukhi, son of Ajmal Farooqi from Chakrata, Dehradun, and his associate Anurag Singha, alias Rehan, son of Manbir Singh from Diwana, Panipat, the duo is considered the masterminds behind ISIS operations in India. Anurag Singha had converted to Islam, and his wife is a Bangladeshi national.
The two suspects are deeply indoctrinated and highly motivated leaders of ISIS in India. They have been involved in various terrorist activities, including recruitment, terror funding, and planning IED attacks across the country. Multiple cases against them are pending with NIA, Delhi, ATS, Lucknow, and other agencies.
STF, Assam, will hand over the accused to NIA for further legal proceedings against them, an STF statement said.
