Suspected Al-Qaeda terrorist Abdur Rehman headed back to Delhi

The suspected al-Qaeda terrorist headed to Delhi after the end of his remand period. He was brought to Odisha for interrogation over his alleged links with the terrorist outfit.

A team from Delhi police brought him to Cuttack railway station after producing him before the Salepur JMFC court. He will be taken to Tihar Jail after his hearing at the Tis Hazari Jail in New Delhi.

The suspected terrorist, Maulana Abdul Rehman (37), a member of the al-Qaeda in Indian Subcontinent, who was arrested by a joint team of the special cell of Delhi Police and Bhubaneswar-Cuttack Commissionerate police from his house at Paschima Kachha village under Jagatpur police station.

Rehman, who holds a Ph. D in Arabic and Islamic Studies from Deobandh University in Saharanpur, was running an illegal madrasa in Tangi area of Cutttack district.

Charges of radicalizing youth for terror activities have been leveled against him and he has been booked under provisions of the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act.