Overview

• Assam Special Task Force (STF), in collaboration with Kerala and West Bengal police, arrested eight individuals, including Bangladeshi national Md Sad Radi, linked to an Al-Qaeda affiliate.
• The suspects were allegedly working to establish sleeper cells in Assam, West Bengal, and Kerala to carry out subversive activities and disrupt communal harmony.
• Md Sad Radi, sent to India in November 2024, reportedly planned to recruit individuals and orchestrate attacks targeting Hindu leaders, including members of the RSS.
• Recovered materials include mobile phones with suspicious apps, distorted religious texts, and documents linking the suspects to cross-border communication with Bangladesh and Pakistan.
• Authorities are investigating further to uncover additional nodes of the terror network and assess potential connections to recent illegal infiltrations from Bangladesh.