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The youth, a second-year Computer Science student, was picked up from his Panagarh residence late on Saturday evening for his alleged links with banned Islamist organisation Shahadat-e al Hiqma of Bangladesh, he said.
Based on inputs provided by him during his interrogation, STF sleuths nabbed five more people from Nababghat area in the same district, the officer said.
“The arrested person was trying to recruit youths from Paschim and Purba Bardhaman districts for the terror outfit. We are trying to find out who all were in touch with him,” the STF officer told PTI.
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The STF has seized the student’s laptop and a few documents, including a diary, the officer said.
Shahadat-e al Hiqma is a banned Islamist terrorist organisation in Bangladesh.
In 2016, NIA had arrested a student from Kanksa area in the district for his alleged links to ISI.