Gujarat ATS widens JeM crackdown, arrests 5 more in terror module probe

The Gujarat Anti-Terrorist Squad (ATS) on Thursday arrested five more persons in connection with its investigation into an alleged terror module linked to the Pakistan-based banned outfit Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM), officials said.

The arrested accused have been identified as Bilal Abidbhai Shera, Mohammad Ayub Kadiwala, Mohammad Palanpuri alias Khali Ayub Sunsara, Shafia Rais Mukhti and Mohammad Hasan Kardia. They were apprehended from Khadiyal village in Siddhpur taluka of Patan district.

According to officials, the five were arrested after their names surfaced during the investigation into eight alleged JeM operatives who were taken into custody earlier this month.