ATS ARRESTS GUJ BROTHERS FOR ‘LINKS’ WITH ISLAMIC STATE

AHMEDABAD: The Anti-terrorism Squad (ATS) on Sunday morning arrested two brothers from Sau rashtra region of Gujarat for hav ing alleged links with the Islamic State, a terror group.

The security agency said it has in the process, foiled an attack they were planning on Chotila temple in Surendranagar dis trict. “Wasim Ramodia was picked up from his home at Neh runagar in Rajkot, and his brother Naem from Bhavnagar city. Both were in touch with the Islamic State network through Twitter and Facebook. They wanted to flee to Syria after car rying out the attack on Chotila temple,” said an ATS official.

Both Wasim and Naem were on the ATS radar for nearly two years. Police said Wasim’s wife who he married in 2015, has also come under the scanner.

The brothers were brought to the Rajkot commissioner of police’s office for preliminary interrogation, and then taken to Ahmedabad. ATS personne recovered gunpowder, jihadi lit erature and masks from their possession. Their computers and cellphones have also been seized

The police said both Wasim and Naem are well educated, with master’s and bachelor’s degrees in computer application respec tively. Their father, Aarif, serves as an umpire in domestic cricket matches.