Chef with links to terror groups taken into custody by Andhra police
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Sri Satyasai (Andhra Pradesh), Aug 16 (PTI) A radicalised chef, Sheik Kothwal Noor Mohammad, was taken into custody by the police from Dharmavaram in Sri Satyasai district on Saturday for allegedly having contact with Pakistan-based terrorist organisations, said a police official.
Police took Mohammad (42) into custody after growing suspicious of his behaviour. It it said that he is allegedly part of several banned terrorist groups such as Jaish-e-Mohammad, the official said.
'He (Mohammed) only consumed content and got influenced but didn't execute any act or perhaps didn't get a chance. Training could have radicalised him…," Dharmavaram in-charge sub-divisional police officer U Narsingappa told PTI.
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