Bengal Man With Suspected Terror Links Held In Bengaluru, Planned To Join Afghanistan-Based Group

A
25-yea -old
secu ity
gua d
f om
West
Be gal
has
bee
a ested
i
Be galu u
ove
alleged
li ks
with
a
Teh eek-e-Taliba
Pakista
(TTP)
ope ative
a d
suspicio s
that
he
was
co side i g
joi i g
the
milita t
o ga isatio ,
officials
said.
The
accused,
ide tified
as
Asafool
Mallik,
was
app ehe ded
i
the
Jiga i
a ea
afte
secu ity
age cies
eceived
i fo matio
about
his
alleged
o li e
i te actio s
a d
suspected
associatio
with
a
pe so
li ked
to
the
ba ed
milita t
g oup.

I vestigato s
a e
exami i g
whethe
his
alleged
pla s
i volved
etaliato y
viole ce
agai st
the
Pakista
A my
a d
possible
attacks
i
I dia.

Who
Is
Asafool
Mallik?

Mallik
is
o igi ally
f om
Naopa a
village
i
West
Be gal’s
No th
24
Pa ga as
dist ict.
He
had
bee
stayi g
ea
APC
Ci cle
i
Jiga i
a d
was
employed
as
a
secu ity
gua d
at
Tata
Adva ced
Limited
i
the
Jiga i
I dust ial
A ea
si ce
Decembe
last
yea .

Acco di g
to
officials,
the
matte
came
to
light
afte
police
pe so el
co ducti g
outi e
pat ols
i
the
Bommasa d a
I dust ial
A ea
eceived
i fo matio
about
the
activities
of
a
West
Be gal
ative,
as
pe
epo ts.

Mallik
was
subseque tly
questio ed
by
the
autho ities.
Du i g
questio i g,
he
allegedly
spoke
about
his
a ge
ove
what
he
believed
we e
attacks
by
the
Pakista i
milita y
agai st
Muslims,
i cludi g
alleged
st ikes
affecti g
mosques
a d
civilia s.
I vestigato s
also
said
he
exp essed
ese tme t
ove
Pakista ‘s
positio
o
the
Is ael-Palesti e
co flict.

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Alleged
Co tact
With
TTP-Li ked
I dividual

I vestigato s
suspect
that
Mallik
established
co tact
th ough
Facebook
with
a
pe so
ide tified
as
Im a
Haide ,
who
is
believed
to
be
i
Afgha ista
a d
allegedly
associated
with
the
TTP.

Acco di g
to
the
i vestigatio ,
Mallik
was
allegedly
seeki g
assista ce
to
t avel
to
Afgha ista
a d
joi
the
milita t
o ga isatio .
Police
said
he
had
obtai ed
a
passpo t
a d
also
applied
fo
a
visa
as
pa t
of
the
p oposed
jou ey.

Howeve ,
the
pla
epo tedly
did
ot
mate ialise.
I vestigato s
said
Mallik
late
told
them
that
fi a cial
difficulties
a d
family
obligatio s
p eve ted
him
f om
t avelli g
to
Afgha ista .

Police
a e
exami i g
digital
mate ial
ecove ed
f om
his
mobile
pho e,
i cludi g
messages
a d
audio
eco di gs,
which
allegedly
i dicate
his
i te tio
to
seek
eve ge
agai st
the
Pakista
A my.

Police
P obe
Alleged
Retaliatio
Plot

Acco di g
to
officials,
Mallik’s
alleged
actio s
we e
i flue ced
by
his
belief
that
Muslims
had
bee
subjected
to
viole ce
by
the
Pakista i
milita y
a d
by
his
pe ceptio
of
Islamabad’s
positio
o
the
Is ael-Palesti e
issue.

I vestigato s
a e
ow
exami i g
the
exte t
of
his
alleged
commu icatio
with
the
TTP-li ked
co tact
a d
whethe
a y
fu the
i dividuals
we e
i volved.

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Case
Registe ed
U de
BNS
Te o -Related
P ovisio

Mallik
has
bee
a ested
a d
a
case
has
bee
egiste ed
at
Hebbagodi
police
statio
u de
Sectio
113(3)
of
the
Bha atiya
Nyaya
Sa hita
(BNS).

The
p ovisio
cove s
co duct
i cludi g
co spi acy,
abetme t,
attempt,
advocacy,
i citeme t
o
k owi g
facilitatio
of
a
te o ist
act.

I vestigato s
co ti ue
to
exami e
the
allegatio s,
i cludi g
Mallik’s
digital
commu icatio s,
his
pu po ted
li ks
to
the
TTP-associated
i dividual
a d
the
ci cumsta ces
su ou di g
his
alleged
attempt
to
t avel
to
Afgha ista .

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