Al Qaeda suspect held in Cuttack

Abdul Rahman was suspected to have international links in countries like Saudi Arabia, Pakistan and Dubai

A suspected terrorist with Al Qaeda links was arrested today from Jagatpur area of Cuttack in Odisha, a senior police official said.

The arrest of Abdul Rahman was made after a raid by a joint team of Delhi Police and Bhubaneswar-Cuttack Commissionerate Police at his house in Paschimakachha village in Jagatpur area in the wee hours, Commissioner of Police R P Sharma told reporters here.

The joint operation was conducted following arrival of a team from the special cell of Delhi Police here yesterday for nabbing Rahman who was suspected to have international links in countries like Saudi Arabia, Pakistan and Dubai, Sharma said.