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The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has arrested a person from West Bengal’s Murshidabad district for his alleged involvement with a Pakistan-based module of the al-Qaeda.
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Days after the National Investigation Agency (NIA) arrested six al-Qaeda terrorists from West Bengal’s Murshidabad, the agency on Saturday arrested another person from the district for his alleged involvement with the Pakistan-based terror module.
The NIA apprehended Shamim Ansari from his residence at Jalangi on Saturday, a senior officer said.
“We have found his involvement with those arrested earlier. We have seized his mobile phone. He is being interrogated,” the official said.
A preliminary investigation suggested that Ansari had earlier gone to Kerala for work and returned to his home town.
On September 19, the NIA arrested nine people — six from West Bengal and three from Kerala — for their association with al-Qaeda.
(With PTI inputs)