Suspected SIMI activist nabbed in Washim

Nagpur, Sep 27 (UNI) Police today arrested a suspected activist of the Students Islamic Movement of India (SIMI) from Washim in Vidarbha region of Maharashtra.

The activist, identified as Abdul Khalil Ismail Chavan, a resident of Khandwa in adjoining Madhya Pradesh (MP), was picked up this morning, police said.

Khalil, a suspect in several offences in Khandwa, was staying at the house of a relative in Washim.

A team from the Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) from Nagpur nabbed Khalil. He was later handed over to a team of Madhya Pradesh police, they added.

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