“Gujarat: Bangladeshi national with Al Qaeda link arrested by Surat Police with fake Aadhar Card, wanted by NIA in terror cases”, Opindia, October 28, 2023:

“On 27th October (Friday), the Surat Crime Branch arrested a Bangladeshi national with alleged links to terrorist outfit Al-Qaeda. The arrested Bangladeshi national has been identified as Abu Bakr Hazrat Ali alias Alim Haq Bayjar Ali Khan (31). According to the security officials, he was wanted by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) in terror recruitment and several other cases of subversive activities.

As per the officials, Abu Bakar is a member of the global terror outfit, Al-Qaeda’s Indian unit AQIS. Bakar used a forged Aadhaar and stayed in Ahmedabad. He also acquired a mobile phone number through the fake Aadhaar card. During interrogation, Bakar revealed that he changed his name and had been living in Ahmedabad since 2015 after entering India illegally.

As per the officials, investigations revealed that he was in contact with another Bangladeshi and a Hawala trader Humayu Khan via Instagram, who is also a wanted Al Qaeda cadre……” 

Read the full article at Opindia.com