Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury has expressed concern over 6 Al-Qaeda terrorists being arrested from Murshidabad in Bengal.

(PTI)After the arrests of 9 Al-Qaeda terrorists from West Bengal and Kerala in early morning raids on Saturday, Congress MP and Leader of Opposition Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury expressed concern over his constituency’s links with the terror outfit.

BJP, meanwhile grabbed the opportunity to point fingers at the Congress leader.Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury, who represents the Behrampore constituency in Murshidabad of West Bengal expressed concern over the terror links of his district following the arrests.

The Congress leader said NIA must conduct a thorough probe into the links with Pakistan-based terror outfit Al-Qaeda.Meanwhile, BJP IT cell chief Amit Malviya said in a tweet, “Murshidabad, hotbed of radicalisation, in Bengal, from where six Al-Qaeda operatives have been arrested, is represented by Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury, Congress’s leader in Lok Sabha and now chief of its state unit.

TMC, Congress and Pakistan sponsored terror makes for a heady mix”NIA on Saturday arrested 9 terrorists with links to terror organisation Al-Qaeda.

While 3 of them were nabbed from Ernakulam in Kerala, 6 were arrested from Murshidabad in Bengal.The simultaneous raids were conducted in the early hours at Ernakulam and Murshidabad by NIA teams.Preliminary investigation has revealed that the group was planning to launch terror attacks at vital installations in the country with an aim to kill innocent people.

They had Delhi-NCR on their radar and had gathered explosives and other incriminating material.Officials have said the Al-Qaeda terror module was actively involved in fund-raising and some of its members were planning to travel to New Delhi to procure arms and ammunition and that the arrests have prevented possible terrorist attacks in various parts of the country.