<p>Continuing its operations against al-Qaeda in the Indian Subcontinent (AQIS), a team from the Delhi Police Special Cell on Wednesday arrested a cleric from Bengaluru.<br /><br /></p>.<p>According to sources, Maulana Anzarshah Qasmi (50) a resident of Iliyasnagar in Banashankari 2nd Stage in Bengaluru South was arrested on charges of making hate speeches and having links with a terrorist organisation in Pakistan. He is believed to have been involved in financial transaction of the terrorist outfit.<br /><br />According to sources, Qasmi was picked up from his friend’s house at 9.30 pm on Wednesday by a team of four officials who claimed to be from Anti Terrorist Squad. “He did not return till morning and we lodged a missing complaint with Kumaraswamy Layout police,” Qasim’s friend Asif told Deccan Herald.<br /><br />Meanwhile, Qasmi was taken to Delhi on a transit remand and was produced before a magistrate there on Thursday. The court remanded him in police custody till January 20.<br />Qasmi was a cleric at a mosque in Banshankari and had moved to Iliyasnagar a month ago.<br /><br /> The central agencies had kept Qasmi under survelliance for his provocative speeches. The police suspect Qasmi was a close associate of Mohammad Abdul Rahman Katki, the cleric who was arrested for his suspected links with al-Qaeda in the Indian Subcontinent. Katki was said to have links even with Bengaluru resident Kafeel Ahmed who was accused of driving a burning car into the Glasgow International Airport in 2007 and had died of burns later. Kafeel too was a resident of Karisandra in Banashankari 2nd Stage.<br /><br />There are reports that another Bengaluru resident Jabbar, an autorickshaw driver, too was picked by the Delhi Police on Wednesday night.<br /></p>
<p>Continuing its operations against al-Qaeda in the Indian Subcontinent (AQIS), a team from the Delhi Police Special Cell on Wednesday arrested a cleric from Bengaluru.<br /><br /></p>.<p>According to sources, Maulana Anzarshah Qasmi (50) a resident of Iliyasnagar in Banashankari 2nd Stage in Bengaluru South was arrested on charges of making hate speeches and having links with a terrorist organisation in Pakistan. He is believed to have been involved in financial transaction of the terrorist outfit.<br /><br />According to sources, Qasmi was picked up from his friend’s house at 9.30 pm on Wednesday by a team of four officials who claimed to be from Anti Terrorist Squad. “He did not return till morning and we lodged a missing complaint with Kumaraswamy Layout police,” Qasim’s friend Asif told Deccan Herald.<br /><br />Meanwhile, Qasmi was taken to Delhi on a transit remand and was produced before a magistrate there on Thursday. The court remanded him in police custody till January 20.<br />Qasmi was a cleric at a mosque in Banshankari and had moved to Iliyasnagar a month ago.<br /><br /> The central agencies had kept Qasmi under survelliance for his provocative speeches. The police suspect Qasmi was a close associate of Mohammad Abdul Rahman Katki, the cleric who was arrested for his suspected links with al-Qaeda in the Indian Subcontinent. Katki was said to have links even with Bengaluru resident Kafeel Ahmed who was accused of driving a burning car into the Glasgow International Airport in 2007 and had died of burns later. Kafeel too was a resident of Karisandra in Banashankari 2nd Stage.<br /><br />There are reports that another Bengaluru resident Jabbar, an autorickshaw driver, too was picked by the Delhi Police on Wednesday night.<br /></p>
