A Muslim man arrested in connection with a robbery in Chennai was found to have links to a terrorist organization Al-Ummah.
On May 5th, two robbers named Rafique and Yaasin snatched ₹7.50 lakh and 282 grams of gold jewelry near Periyamedu police station from a jeweler named Suraj.
The Periamedu police nabbed Yasin with the help of CCTV camera footage a few days ago. Based on his confession, police arrested Rafique from a hideout in Thiruvottiyur. The police team seized 74.6 grams of gold jewels, a car, and a bike from him before he was remanded on Friday.
Upon investigation, Police found Rafique is a terror suspect involved in the 2014 bomb blast at MGR Chennai Central railway station in which a woman software engineer was killed.
According to police, Rafique was a member of Al-Umma, a banned organization, and the National Investigation Agency (NIA) was looking for him in relation to the 2014 blast case. The NIA was informed about his arrest.
Rafique began his criminal career as a fake currency agent in the city, according to a senior police officer, and he had links to fundamentalists in Bengal’s Malda district. Rafique had visited Bangladesh and Pakistan to import the fake currency notes, according to a police officer who had arrested him smuggling fake currency at Kodungaiyur a decade earlier.
However, the arrest of this man has found minimal coverage in Tamil media.
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