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India News: SRINAGAR: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Thursday arrested a member of the proscribed Pakistan-based terrorist organidsation Lashkar-e-Tai.
National Investigation Agency arrests Lashikar-e-Taiba recruiter in Kashmir
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Last Updated: Apr 16, 2021, 04:54 PM IST
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“Investigation has revealed that Rather is a school teacher in Bandipora and was a sympathiser of the LeT. Parveen had come in contact with him over social media platforms and he was instrumental in introducing her to LeT members based in Pakistan, in pursuance of a conspiracy to radicalise, motivate and recruit youths for violent ‘Jihad (holy war) on India.”
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Altaf Ahmad Rather, a resident of Jammu and Kashmir s Bandipora district, was wanted in a case registered in West Bengal last year
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Kolkata: A schoolteacher, who was acting as a recruiter for Pakistan-based terrorist organization Lashkar-e-Taiba, was arrested at his residence in north Kashmir on Thursday, National Investigation Agency said. Altaf Ahmad Rather had been recruiting people from Bengal online as LeT operatives, reports Dwaipayan Ghosh.
This arrest is linked to that of Tania Parveen (21), who was held by Bengal STF in March last year in Basirhat, North 24 Parganas, on charges of working for LeT. Rather, a resident of Jammu & Kashmir’s Bandipora district, was wanted in the same case, an NIA spokesperson said.
“Investigation has revealed that Rather is a schoolteacher in Bandipora and was a sympathiser of the LeT. Parveen had come in contact with him over social media platforms and he was instrumental in introducing her to LeT members based in Pakistan, in pursuance of a conspiracy to radicalise, motivate and recruit youths for violent ‘jihad’ in India,” he said.
NIA Arrests Bandipore Teacher
SRINAGAR: Federal investigator, National Investigations Agency (NIA) has arrested a Bandipore resident for being a recruiter for banned Lashkar-e-Toiba outfit, reports appearing in the media said. He is a school teacher.
Officials said Rather was arrested in a case of a West Bengal resident named Tania Parveen, who had an association with Lashkar.
The investigator has found that Tania Parveen had come in contact with Rather on social media platforms. “He was instrumental in introducing Tania Parveen to LeT members based in Pakistan to radicalise, motivate and recruit youth for violent acts in India,” a news report quoting an NIA official said.