Gujarat ATS busts Al-Qaeda terror module; four nabbed

In a high-stakes anti-terror operation, the Gujarat Anti-Terrorist Squad (ATS) has arrested four men with suspected links to Al-Qaeda.

- Dilip Singh Kshatriya @Ahmedabad

The accused were allegedly involved in radicalising youth and promoting jihad through social media and encrypted apps.

The accused, Mohammad Faiq Rizwan (Delhi), Mohammad Fardeen Rais (Fatehwadi, Ahmedabad), Saifullah Qureshi Rafiq (Modasa, Gujarat), and Zeeshan Ali Asif Ali (Noida), were allegedly part of a covert digital network spreading jihadist literature and inciting violence.

According to ATS DIG Sunil Joshi, the operation followed a tip-off received on June 10, which led to the surveillance of five suspicious Instagram accounts.