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The Gujarat Anti-Terrorist Squad (ATS) on July 23 busted terror module affiliated with Al-Qaeda in the Indian Subcontinent (AQIS) and arrested four individuals, informed Gujarat police. While providing details, ATS DIG Sunil Joshi stated that four individuals linked to AQIS have been arrested, adding that a detailed press conference will be held for updates.

ATS DIG Sunil Joshi said that the accused were sharing the content on the religious basis and the content was against the democracy of India. "Gujarat ATS Dy SP Harsh Upadhyay received information on 10th June that there are 5 Instagram accounts which are propagating the ideologies of Al Qaeda in the country. They were sharing their content on a religious basis, against democracy, against India. The input was shared with senior officials. A technical team was formed...Total 4 accused were identified. Of them, Fardeen Shaikh is r/o Ahmedabad, Mohd Faiq is r/o Delhi, Zeeshan Ali is r/o Noida and Saifullah Qureshi is r/o Modasa. All these 4 were monitored...It was found that not just their social media but also their physical movement is suspicious. A big team was formed...At the end of the operation, we were able to arrest all four suspects, Joshi was quoted as saying by ANI.

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"We checked a lot of data on their phone. They were disseminating a lot of content of Al Qaeda across India...A sword and Al Qaeda material were seized from Fardeen. They formed different groups on Instagram and promoted terrorist ideologies, they created content for the implementation of Shariat instead of democracy in India. Mohd Faiq was in contact with a few Pakistani Instagram accounts which provided him material for jihadi activities...We have invoked Sections 13, 18 , 38, 39 of UAPA and Sections 113, 152, 196 and 68 of BNS and registered FIR," he added.

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"Saifullah and Fardeen were produced before the Court today and they have sent to 14-day remand. The remaining two accused will be produced before Court tomorrow...We have recovered documents on Operation Sindoor from Fardeen. Also, the posts they made at that time on Operation Sindoor were anti-Indian Govt, pro-Pakistani and instigating material on religious basis..." he further stated.