"We had sent an STF team to Chennai, and with the active cooperation and assistance from Tamil Nadu police and Andhra Pradesh police, an active member of Ansarullah Bangla Team (ABT) and Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Abu Salam Ali, who is from Assam and who was hiding in Chennai, has been picked up,"
Following the arrest of two suspected terrorists linked to Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh by Assam STF in Murshidabad, West Bengal, BJP leader Arjun Singh alleged that 90 per cent of the civic volunteers in the state are Jamaat supporters.
The Center for Indian Knowledge Systems (CIKS) at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) has announced the appointment of Dr Parthasarathi Mahanta, Inspector General of Police, Assam, as an Honourary Fellow.
Four members of Assam's Special Task Force (STF) including IGP and head of STF Partha Sarathi Mahanta have been awarded the Kendriya Grihamantri Dakshata Padak in the Special Operations field by the Ministry of Home Affairs.
The Special Task Force (STF) of Assam police seized 637 grams of heroin worth Rs six crore from a vehicle in the Amingaon area in Assam's Kamrup district late Saturday night. Two people have been apprehended in connection with it, the officials said on Sunday.
The Special Task Force (STF) of Assam police seized 22,000 boxes of foreign cigarettes in the Amingaon area of Assam's Kamrup district, an official said.
The Special Task Force (STF) of Assam police seized more than 2 kg of heroin worth Rs 17.5 crore in two separate operations and apprehended four drug peddlers.
Partha Sarathi Mahanta, IGP (STF) told ANI that, out of 21 kg of heroin that were seized last night in the Silchar area, there is 18 kg of pure form of heroin.