30-Year-Old Bengaluru Woman Identified As Leader Of Al Qaeda Terror Module, Arrested

Last Updated:July 30, 2025, 10:54 IST

Shama Parveen, a 30-year-old woman from Bengaluru, was arrested by Gujarat ATS for allegedly leading an Al-Qaeda in the Indian Subcontinent (AQIS) terror module, as per a report.

A photo representing the Gujarat ATS (PTI)

A 30-year-old woman was arrested in Bengaluru after she was identified as the key conspirator behind an Al-Qaeda in the Indian Subcontinent (AQIS) affiliated terror module, India Today reported.

Shama Parveen was arrested by the Gujarat Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) on charges of allegedly running the entire module and handling coordinating operations from Karnataka, the report quoted sources as saying.

This comes a week after the Gujarat ATS claimed to have busted a terror module in Ahmedabad and arrested four people on charges of allegedly promoting the ideology of Al-Qaeda in the AQIS, a proscribed outfit.

The four arrested persons were involved in sharing radical and provocative content, including jihadi propaganda videos of AQIS, on social media platforms with an aim to uproot the democratic system and implement ‘sharia’ (Islamic law) in India through an armed rebellion, an official release mentioned.

Earlier, the ATS received a tip-off that some Instagram account holders were spreading extremist ideology of AQIS and trying to attract Muslim youth towards radical outfits by sharing inflammatory content calling for violence or terrorist acts against Indian citizens.

Acting on the tip-off, the ATS kept a close watch on five such Instagram accounts and nabbed four persons, two of them hailing from Gujarat, who were running them.

Those arrested were identified by police as Mohammad Faiq, a resident of Delhi, Zeeshan Ali, an inhabitant of Noida (Uttar Pradesh), Saifulla Qureshi, a native of Modasa town of Arvalli district, and Ahmedabad resident Mohammad Fardeen Shaikh.

Their Instagram posts contained AQIS literature, a call for establishing sharia and other such radical statements, which had the capacity to create communal hatred.

The accused had also posted a video of Asim Umar, an Indian who had joined AQIS and was later killed in Afghanistan in 2019.

Actions of the four men associated with AQIS were aimed at radicalising youth, creating communal disharmony, promoting secessionist and terrorist agendas under the guise of establishing an ‘Islamic Khilafat’ (caliphate or an Islamic state), it was known.

They were arrested under relevant sections of the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA), an anti-terror law, and Sections 113 (terrorist act), 152 (acts endangering sovereignty, unity, and integrity of India) and 196 (promoting enmity between different groups) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS).

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Vani Mehrotra

Vani Mehrotra is the Deputy News Editor at News18.com. She has nearly 10 years of experience in both national and international news and has previously worked on multiple desks.

Vani Mehrotra is the Deputy News Editor at News18.com. She has nearly 10 years of experience in both national and international news and has previously worked on multiple desks.

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