The couple, Juber Khan and Isha Khatoon allegedly involved in funding of terrorist outfits have been brought to Raipur on a production warrant from Bihar. They ( the couple) have been brought to Raipur for investigating their suspected involvement in the funding of banned terror outfits, informed Superintendent of Police, Raipur OP Pal on Wednesday.
The couple was presented in a local court which sent them five-day police remand, the SP informed. According to police sources Dheeraj Sao a suspected Indian Mujahideen (IM) operative who was arrested on December 25 last year form Transport Nagar area for his involvement in fund raising activities for the terror outfit had transferred huge cash amounts in the accounts of Jubeer Ahmed and Isha Khatoon.
Police sources further informed that Juber and Isha were arrested in Hyderabad from where Bihar Police brought them to Patna for investigating their involvement in terror related cases. later, when their connection with Dheeraj Sao was established the duo was brought Raipur. Notably Dheeraj Sao the 22-year-old youth was nabbed by Chhattisgarh unit of Anti-Terrorist Squad (ATS). The arrest was 17th in the series of arrests made after busting of SIMI network in the state which had eventually led to the arrest of Umer Siddiqui who was the mastermind of Bodh Gaya temple complex blast in Bihar.
Siddiqui had also been accused of planning to assassinate BJP Prime Ministerial candidate Narendra Modi during his rallies in Ambikapur, Kanpur and Delhi. According to police, Sao hailing from of Jamui district of Bihar, allegedly acted as a mediator for transferring cash to IM terrorists and SIMI activists. Sao allegedly came in touch with a man named Khalid of Pakistan in 2011 after which he allegedly received huge amounts from different bank accounts. These amounts were deposited in the accounts of IM operatives Jubair and Isha in Mangalore, police claimed.