Man 'running' IM module in Jodhpur arrested in TN

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Man 'running' IM module in Jodhpur arrested in TN - The Times of India
JAIPUR: The Rajasthan ATS on Thursday arrested a man who allegedly set up and ran an Indian Mujahideen module in the state. Forty-year-old Ashraf Ali was arrested in Chidambaram town in Tamil Nadu's Cuddalore district on Thursday.

Ali is editor of Urdu magazine 'Nida-E-Haq', which allegedly lured Muslim youths in Jodhpur to join the IM and prepared them to be part of the terror outfit's sleeper cells, which consists of secret agents who receive specialized training in their homes and are later given assignments in other areas. Ali had gone missing on March 23 when the state ATS and the Delhi police arrested a top IM commander, Zia-Ur-Rehman (better known as Waqas) along with three other operatives of the outfit, and seized a huge cache of explosives.

On his run since March 23, the sleuths of ATS said the accused spent some time in Bali (Rajasthan), Marwar and then went to Hazrat Nizamuddhin (Delhi). Later, he met some members of Tablighi Jamaat. It is an Islamic religious movement based on the principle of the "Work of the Prophets". The movement was started in 1926 by Muhammad Ilyas al-Kandhlawi in India. It primarily aims at Tablighi spiritual reformation by working at the grassroots level, reaching out to Muslims across all social and economic spectra. to bring them closer to Islam.

Ashraf went to Chennai with them. Later, he sneaked into Chidambaram, where he was living for the past one week," said a senior officer of ATS on the condition of anonymity."Ali was arrested with the help of TN police and is being brought to Jaipur, where he would be produced in court," said Alok Tripathi, ADG, ATS.

Asked if the accused had any role in Thursday's twin blasts in a train in Chennai, a senior officer of the state ATS said: "We've no information. It's being probed by TN police. As far as we're concerned he's responsible for preparing and running an IM module in Rajasthan that was aiming towards carrying out blasts across the state."

Sources said Ali moved to Jodhpur from Uttar Pradesh over a decade ago.
Sudden surge of terror/anti terror news coming from here. I think they are trying to create a foothold in TN, which has been largely peaceful.Starting from the protests outside the U.S consulate, Increasing noise about portrayal of terrorists in movies, operatives caught between the TN-AP border, isi men from SL roaming round. Hmm....
 
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