Bhubaneswar,20/12-Suspected al-Qaeda terrorist Abdur Rahman, who was arrested from Cuttack on December 16, had been asked by an al-Qaeda coordinator to send 20 young boys from Odisha to be included in the terrorist outfit in Pakistan.
“In Bangalore, Abdul Rehman had met Mohammed Asif, who was arrested from Delhi. Earlier, Asif had received a message from a Pakistani al-Qaeda co-coordinator in which he had been asked to discuss with Rahman for recruitments. So, to carry out the instruction, Rehman was readying to send young boys,” said Commissioner of Police Dr RP Sharma here on Sunday.
Asif is believed to be one of the founding members and the Indian head of al-Qaeda in the Indian Sub-Continent's (AQIS) motivation, recruitment and training wing.
Asked whether Rahman had actually recruited anyone from Odisha, Sharma said, “A police team will soon leave for Jharkhand to verify from the students who were studying at the illegally-run madrasa of Rahman.”
Sharma said two police teams would leave each for Jharkhand and Delhi on Monday to garner information about Rehman.
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