UP ATS Arrests 19-Year-Old AQIS-Linked Module Suspect From Coimbatore In Terror Probe
Lucknow, September 16: Under the Yogi government's zero-tolerance policy against crime and terrorism, the Uttar Pradesh Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) has arrested another terrorist while taking action against a module linked to Al-Qaeda in the Indian Subcontinent (AQIS). With the assistance of the Tamil Nadu ATS, the UP ATS arrested Maqsood Ali from Coimbatore. Earlier, the main accused terrorist in…
On September 16, the Uttar Pradesh Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) made an arrest in connection with a terrorism probe linked to Al-Qaeda in the Indian Subcontinent (AQIS). The detained suspect, Maqsood Ali, a 19-year-old from Coimbatore, is accused of recruiting youth for anti-national activities and planning violent acts. This arrest comes after the capture of Mohammad Nabeel from Azamgarh on September 12.
Maqsood Ali hails from Siddharthnagar district in Uttar Pradesh and was residing in Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, at the time of his arrest. The ATS claims Maqsood was active on various social media platforms, where he recruited young individuals to join their cause and indoctrinate them with radical ideology. He was allegedly in contact with handlers in Pakistan and planned to procure funds and acquire modern weapons.
The investigation uncovered that Maqsood had created a secure application called “Captain M Network,” aimed at "Unity, Plan and Action." Through this platform, he connected with Nabeel and others, and radical and jihadist ideology was propagated in the WhatsApp groups he was associated with, such as UU Entry Gate, United Ummah, Ghazwa-e-Hind, Team Black Hat, and Lashkar-e-Mehdi. Literature related to the banned AQIS and bomb-making videos were shared in these groups.
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