Al queida linkBy Bizodisha Bureau, Bhubaneswar, December 19, 2015 : The Odisha police is probing into the bank accounts of Al Qaeda terror suspect Abdul Rehman, who was arrested in Cuttack on Wednesday, to find out the money trail for terrorist activities.

The police have seized Rehaman’s State Bank of India and two Canara bank accounts, sources said.

Rehman was arrested from Jagatpur area in Cuttack in a joint operation by Odisha police and Delhi police. Presently, the terror suspect is in Delhi police custody.

Meanwhile, the Odisha police has decided to send a team each would be to Jharkhand and Delhi to gather further information about Rehman, who has been accused of being an active member of Al Qaeda in India Subcontinent (AQIS).

“One team of the Odisha police will leave for Jharkhand tomorrow while another team will go to Delhi special cell,” said police commissioner R.P. Sharma.

Sometime back, Jharkhand police had arrested Rehman for inflammatory speeches and anti-national jibes in some areas of the state.

Following the decision of the government to vacate the madrasa where Rehman was teaching before his arrest, the Cuttack district administration on Saturday handed over the children staying at the madrasa run by Rehman in Tangi area to their guardians in the presence of police.

Around 60 children from Jharkhand were studying in the Islamic seminary while some others were from Odisha.

The police also have interrogated two teachers of the madrasa at Jagatpur police station, near Cuttack.

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