By TwoCIrcles.net Staff Reporter,
Darbhanga: Mohammad Danish Ansari, son of Mohammed Zafeer Ansari, from Darbhanga in Bihar has been arrested by the National Investigation Agency (NIA), with the help of local police.
According to police, Danish Ansari is allegedly a close associate of the founder of the Indian Mujahideen Yasin Bhatkal. He was arrested from his house at Chakjora village under Laheriasarai police station.
Speaking to media persons Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) of the NIA, Sarauddin Ansari claimed, “There are several cases against him for which we have arrested him.”
The NIA Special court had issued a non-bailable warrant against him, allegedly for providing shelter to Yasin Bhatkal. He has been linked to several terrorist attacks by the police, including 13/7 Mumbai blast, Pune German bakery Blast, etc.
Since November 2011, over a dozen Muslims mostly youths belonging to Darbhanga and Madhubani have been picked in connection with unsolved terror cases. Soon after each arrest, Police and Press described the arrested person as a prize catch – terrorist involved in several blasts, terror mastermind, member/recruiter of banned terror group Indian Mujahideen etc. But not only their families but the locals and neighbors have summarily rejected the police charges and said the arrests area part of conspiracy to keep Muslim youth under constant fear and to push back the community which over two decades has made good progress in the field of education and resultantly their economic condition has improved.
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