Mumbai: The Mumbai Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) has sent a team to Bijnor in Uttar Pradesh to question Huzefa Abrar, the third person who used to stay with Nazim Ahmed, suspected IS recruiter and terror suspect, who was arrested by the UP ATS in April.
The officials suspect that Abrar, who had come to stay with Ahmed a month before Ahmed’s arrest, had been recruited recently into the terror module.
Nazim was arrested on April 20, in a joint operation of the Uttar Pradesh ATS and Maharashtra ATS officials.
The officers had reached the house in Mumbra where Ahmed was staying with two people identified later as Gulfam and Huzefa Abrar alias Guddu and arrested Ahmed and detained the other two.
While Ahmed was handed over to UP ATS, which has registered a case against him in Lucknow, the Maharashtra ATS released Gulfam and Abrar after questioning them. After their release, Abrar left for his house in Bijnor.
He had allegedly come to stay with Ahmed and Gulfam only a month ago and claimed to not know anything about Ahmed’s terror activities.
“While we did let him go, we were constantly investigating their roles and keeping an eye on them,” said a source. He added that they now have reason to believe that Abrar may have also been a recruit in Ahmed’s terror module.
“We have sent a team to question him. The UP ATS and state ATS are working together on this case as it involved accused from various locations in the country,” said the source.
“We are investigating all activities of Ahmed when he was in Mumbai.” said the source.
