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Hi-tech radicals turning Assam into Islamist hub: CM Himanta Biswa Sarma

Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said on Thursday that the bust of at least five modules of a Bangladesh-based Islamist fundamentalist groups since March indicates that technology-savvy foreign trainers are threatening to turn the State into an Islamist hub.

“Technology-savvy foreign trainers who “blend in” are threatening to turn Assam into an Islamist hub,” he said.

“The degree of sophistication in the communication technology and brainwashing methods used by such trainers, masquerading as imams of mosques or teachers of madrassas, came to light after the police busted at least five modules of a Bangladesh-based fundamentalist group since March,” the Chief Minister said.

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