Terror suspect Abdur Rehman brought to Odisha amid high security

Bhubaneswar: Terror suspect Abdur Rehman has been brought to Odisha by the Special Task Force (STF) of the Crime Branch police for interrogation after it was granted a 14-day remand by the Tis Hazari court in Delhi.

According to Crime Branch sources, Rehman was brought by the STF from Delhi’s Tihar Jail amid tight security. Rehman was produced before the Salepur JMFC court which granted 10-days' remand of the suspect to the Crime Branch.

Sources informed that Rehman will be questioned over his links in Odisha and the source of the financial assistance he received to run a Madarssa.

Notably, a joint team of Odisha Police and Delhi Police Special Cell had arrested the 37-year-old cleric from Cuttack district for his alleged links with terrorist organisation Al Qaeda in the Indian Subcontinent (AQIS).

Rehman was running a madrassa at Tangi, 25 km from Cuttack, for the past two years and had appointed five teachers.