NIA releases youth after interrogation

Cuttack: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) released Akhtar Hussein Khan, a youth from Samantarpur slum in Kisannagar of Cuttack who was detained earlier today by the agency over suspected links with terrorists.

As per sources, the NIA has handed over the youth to his family after interrogation.

Cuttack Rural SP Madhav Sahu said the youth could be further questioned if necessary.

A six-member team of the NIA raided the house where Akhtar has been staying and quizzed him for more than an hour.  During the raid, the officials seized some suspicious documents from his house. Kisannagar police was also present during the search operation. Later, the officials took Hussein to an unknown place for questioning.

According to sources, Hussein was staying in the house on rent for the past four years prior to which he was in Saudi Arabia for over 15 years. However, locals said they have not witnessed any suspicious activities of Hussein in the last four years.

On the other hand, Hussein reportedly runs a business in Kolkata though his family members have refuted it, informed sources.

Sources said the NIA raided the house of Hussein on the basis of information obtained during the interrogation of a suspected terrorist, who was recently arrested in New Delhi.

Earlier in December, 2015, a joint team of the Delhi and Odisha police had arrested Maulana Abdul Rehman from his house at Paschima Kachha village under Jagatpur police limits in Cuttack for his alleged links with terror outfit al-Qaeda in Indian Subcontinent (AQIS).