The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has enlisted the National Investigation Agency (NIA) to find the module after receiving information about the deep-rooted network run by Al-Qaeda in the Indian Subcontinent (AQIS) in various districts of Assam.
The NIA’s First Information Report (FIR) states that the AQIS module was “active in different districts of Assam” and had ties to the terrorist group Ansarullah Bangla Team, which is based in Bangladesh (ABT).
According to reports, AQIS, a branch of the outlawed terrorist group Al-Qaeda, is active in Afghanistan, Pakistan, India, Burma, and Bangladesh. It was established in 2014.
The gang wants to carry out jihad to create an Islamic state.
As per the FIR, the objective of the module is to “propagate terror in Indian territory, radicalize likeminded youth and carry out recruitment to wage war against the Union of India, with a view to overthrow the democratically elected government by establishing the ‘Rule of Khilafat’ (Sharia Law) in India as well as to wage war against Bangladesh, an Asiatic neighbour on friendly terms with India and to implement ‘Ghazwa-e-Hind’, with the help of recruits of India”.
The actions came days after two madrassas in Assam were demolished by Indian authorities for allegedly engaging in “jihadi” activities on their premises.
Based on a case that was initially reported at Matia Police Station in Assam’s Goalpara district on August 20, the NIA launched an investigation.
The case was re-registered by the NIA on September 26 under charges from sections 18, 18B, 19, and 20 of the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act as well as sections 120B, 121, and 121 A of the Indian Penal Code (IPC).
Following a directive from the Ministry of Home Affairs’ Counter Terrorism and Counter Radicalization (CTCR) dated September 23, the anti-terror agency filed the case and began an investigation into the issue (MHA).
