The Anti Terrorist Squad (ATS) of Madhya Pradesh Police took the fourth of five Students’ Islamic Movement of India (SIMI) operatives, who had been arrested here in February, on a 15-day remand on Thursday.
The ATS had filed a petition before the Rourkela Sub Divisional Judicial Magistrate (SDJM) Court to take Mohammad Salik on remand for further interrogation.
Notably, the National Investigation Agency (NIA) has already taken three SIMI terrorists, Amjad Khan, Zakir Hussain and Sheikh Mehmoob, on a 15-day remand to New Delhi for further interrogation on March 2.
The five SIMI operatives Mehboob Khan, Mohd Salik, Amjad Khan, Zakir Hussain and Mehboob’s mother Najma Biwi had been arrested from the Quereshi Mohalla of Nala Road locality here on February 17 after an exchange of fire with a joint team of Telangana and Odisha Police.