Sri Lankan safety forces suspect {that a} 46-year-old man acted as a handler of the 4 Sri Lankan nationals who have been arrested at Ahmedabad airport in India final week for suspected hyperlinks with the banned Islamic State (ISIS) outfit, a media report mentioned on Monday.
Sri Lanka Police revealed that the wished suspect, recognized as Osmand Gerrard – a resident of Dematagoda, typically adjustments his appearances, and these are a few of his appearances that detectives suspect he could also be utilizing now, Newsfirst news portal reported.
Sri Lanka Police lately introduced a money award of Rs 2 million for any credible data on the whereabouts of the wished suspect.
The Gujarat Anti-Terrorist Squad (ATS) on May 19 arrested 4 Sri Lankans with hyperlinks to the ISIS on the Sardar Vallabhai Patel airport in Ahmedabad.
The ATS additionally seized three pistols and cartridges deserted at a location in Ahmedabad based mostly on geo-coordinates and seized a cell phone from their possession.
The 4 males had taken an Indigo flight out of Colombo to Chennai on May 19.
Among the arrested people, Mohammed Nusrat is a businessman concerned in importing telecommunication units and electrical gear from nations resembling Singapore, Malaysia, and Dubai, the news portal mentioned.
Nusrat operated inside Colombo, the place he offered these imported items.
Mohammad Nafran, 27, who was additionally arrested, has been recognized because the son of the primary spouse of Niyas Naufer aka ‘Potta Naufer’ the infamous underworld prison who was sentenced to dying for the killing of High Court Judge Sarath Ambepitiya.
The different two Sri Lankans are 35-year-old Mohammad Faris from Maligawatte, Colombo and 43-year-old Mohammad Rashdeen from Colombo 13.
Mohammad Faris had labored as a ‘Nattami’ or cart puller in Pettah, and was arrested by the Colombo Crimes Division on March 11, 2023, and November 1 of the identical 12 months.
On May 21, his shut affiliate Hameed Amir was arrested by the Terrorist Investigations Division. Mohammad Faris had left for Chennai, India on May 19.
The different suspect is Mohammad Rashdeen, a three-wheeler driver. Security forces suspect that he’s linked to trafficking crystal meth, or ICE.
On September 16, 2022, Rashdeen was arrested by the Foreshore Police and was later launched on bail.
Last week, the Sri Lankan authorities launched a high-powered operation to research the 4 Sri Lankans arrested in Gujarat.
Source: www.indiatoday.in
