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‘Hizb militant’ taken to Anand
Suspected Hizbul Mujahideen terrorist Bashir Ahmed Baba, arrested by the Gujarat Anti Terrorist Squad (ATS), was brought here for investigation, sources said on Tuesday.
Suspected Hizbul Mujahideen terrorist Bashir Ahmed Baba, arrested by the Gujarat Anti Terrorist Squad (ATS), was brought here for investigation, sources said on Tuesday.
Baba, who was arrested on Saturday, was brought late Monday night and was taken to various locations he had visited before being arrested, they said.
According to sources, the ATS team along with Baba were in the city for over an hour before they left for Vadodara.
Sources in the ATS said he was brought here so that he could give information about the places he had visited while his stay in Anand.
He was also asked to identify the people he had met in the city, they added.
They said Baba had come to Anand on the invitation of one Gulam Rasul who is from Srinagar.
ATS officials said they are investigating the terror links of Rasul, who had come to visit his uncle residing here for the last 30 years.
