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Assam Police Denies Presence of Al-Qaeda Jihadis in State

Assam Police Denies Presence of Al-Qaeda Jihadis in State

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Guwahati, October 8, 2019:

Is Assam the new headquarter of the jihadi group Al-Qaeda? A Pakistani intellectual certainly seems to think so. This startling claim was made during a Pakistani talk show, during which one of the hosts claimed that the the headquarter of the dreaded organization is now in Assam.

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The Pakistani intellectual further said that the jihadis in Assam number 30,000-35,000. "The Rohingyas are now joining Al-Qaeda en masse. What if these people head to Kashmir? Kashmir will become the epicentre of terror", he further added.

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Reacting to this, Inspector General of Police (SB) Hiren Nath said that this a false and fabricated news. "We don't have any such information. Its a false news. There were reports about the presence of jihadis in West Bengal, but this is not verified", Nath said.

It is pertinent to mention here Al-Qaeda is a militant Sunni Islamist multi-national organization founded in Peshawar Pakistan, 1988 by Osama bin Laden, Abdullah Azzam, and several other Arab volunteers during the Soviet–Afghan War. Al-Qaeda operates as a network of Islamic extremists and Salafist jihadists. The group is also credited with having orchestrated the 9/11 terror attacks in the United States of America.

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Published On: Oct 08, 2019