This Article is From Jan 08, 2016

Bengaluru Madrassa Teacher Arrested For Alleged Links With Al Qaeda

Bengaluru Madrassa Teacher Arrested For Alleged Links With Al Qaeda

The police said Maulana Anzar Shah, who teaches in a madrassa in Bengaluru, is suspected to have helped a Bangladesh-based terrorist. (Press Trust of India photo)

New Delhi: The Delhi Police have arrested a man from Bengaluru for suspected links with the terror group Al Qaeda.

The police said Maulana Anzar Shah, who teaches in a madrassa in Bengaluru, is suspected to have helped a Bangladesh-based terrorist.

He is also suspected to have been involved in Sunday's violence in West Bengal's Malda, where a lakh-strong mob of protesters went on the rampage setting fire to a police station and damaging vehicles.

Shah is suspected to have met members of the Al Qaeda's module for the Indian sub-continent, which the Delhi Police unearthed about a month ago, a police officer said.

Anzar Shah was arrested on Wednesday night and was brought to the national capital, where he was handed over to the special cell of the Delhi Police.

A court has remanded him in police custody till January 20 for interrogation.
 
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