‘Umpire’ father of nabbed ISIS linked brothers shocked, says- had no inkling of what his sons, who had blotted him, were up to

Rajkot: The father of the two brothers nabbed in connection with their link with ISIS, Arif Ramodia, who is a popular local umpire affiliated with the Saurashtra Cricket Association, today looked shocked and claimed that he had no inkling of the terror link of his sons.

Arif’s sons Vaseem and Naeem were nabbed by the Anti Terrorist Squad (ATS) of the Gujarat police from separate places in Rajkot and Bhavnagar late last night. They are said to have link with the dreaded terror outfit.

Arif, who retired from his job in Saurashtra University, last year is a popular local umpire here who had participated in numerous district level matches of the SCA.

Talking to newsmen here he said that his sons have put a blot on his name.

‘I have no inkling of what they were doing. My name is blotted by their act,’ Arif, who looked in a state of shock, said.

Vaseem and Naeem were on the surveillance radar of the ATS since 2015 owing to their suspicious activities on the social media. They were said to be planning terror attacks in Gujarat and a famous temple in Saurashtra was on their target. Crude bombs and gunpowder along with computer, laptop, pen drives etc with incriminating material to show their link with the Islamic Terror outfit, have been recovered from their possession.

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