The Delhi Police have worked with the Jharkhand, Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh police in a joint operation in order to take action against Al-Qaeda and the people who are working for Al-Qaeda. The Jharkhand, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh and Delhi police arrested six people for working with Al-Qaeda. The combined force of Delhi and other police raided almost 16 places in three districts on Thursday where they found these people who were working for Al-Qaeda.
Along with the six persons who were arrested, eight people were also detained by the combined force of Delhi, Jharkhand, Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh police who were also suspected of working for Al-Qaeda. Moreover the police found illegal arms, mobile phones and documents from the place they raided and they took these things into their authority. The districts they raided were Ranchi, Hazaribag and Lohardaga.
Security agencies have arrested 8 people for working with Al-Qaeda and conspiring to terrorist attacks in India. One of them is Dr. Ishtiyaq Ahmed, a famous radiologist from Ranchi.
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What Is Al-Qaeda And What Are Its Aims?
Al-Qaeda in the Indian Subcontinent (AQIS) is a branch of the global terrorist group Al-Qaeda. It was created on September 3 2014 by Ayman al-Zawahiri who was the leader of Al-Qaeda at that time. AQIS aims to fight the governments of Pakistan, Afghanistan, India, Myanmar and Bangladesh and their goal is to establish an Islamic state and caliphate in the region.
The group was formed by merging different jihadist factions from Pakistan, India, Bangladesh and Afghanistan. The first leader was Asim Umar who was an Indian national and former commander of Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan while the current leader is Osama Mahmood. AQIS follows a strict Islamist ideology and wants to create an Islamic caliphate and they hold extremist views and are against Hindus, Zionists and the LGBT community.
AQIS has been involved in many terrorist activities and they have attacked local police, professors and bloggers. They even tried to seize a Pakistan navy ship in 2014 and recently Indian authorities have stopped AQIS plans for terrorist activities in the country. For example on Thursday Delhi police arrested six people for working with Al-Qaeda and detained eight others in different states. AQIS is considered a terrorist organization by many countries including the United Nations, the United States, Canada, India and Pakistan.
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