Gujarat Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS)  arrested three individuals from Ahmedabad in connection with a major terror conspiracy case. The accused, who had been under surveillance for a while, were allegedly linked to a major terror plot. According to the ATS, the trio was arrested while supplying weapons and was allegedly planning to carry out terrorist attacks in various parts of the country.

“Three suspects have been arrested by the Gujarat ATS. They had been on the Gujarat ATS’s radar for the past year. All three were arrested while supplying weapons. They were planning to carry out terrorist attacks in various parts of the country,” Gujarat ATS said in a statement.

Among the three arrested, two are residents of Uttar Pradesh, while the third is from Andhra Pradesh. Further details are awaited.

Al-Qaeda Terrorists Were Arrested Earlier

Earlier this year, Gujarat ATS arrested five Al-Qaeda in the Indian Subcontinent (AQIS) terrorists, including a woman from Bengaluru who was allegedly running an online terror module and had links to Pakistani contacts.

The ATS had arrested a 30-year-old woman, Sama Parveen, from Bengaluru for her alleged links with the terrorist organization Al-Qaeda. According to Gujarat ATS Deputy Inspector General of Police (DIG) Sunil Joshi, the woman was apprehended in connection with Al-Qaeda. Her arrest followed the earlier detention of four other individuals linked to the same case.

Before this, on July 23, the ATS arrested four terrorists with alleged links to Al-Qaeda in the Indian Subcontinent (AQIS). The arrested accused were identified as Mohd Faiq from Delhi, Mohd Fardeen from Ahmedabad, Seifullah Kureshi from Modasa in Aravalli, and Zeeshan Ali from Noida, Uttar Pradesh.

Confirming the arrests, Gujarat ATS DIG Sunil Joshi said that all four suspects had been under surveillance for activities suspected to be connected to AQIS, a proscribed terror outfit affiliated with Al-Qaeda.