Ranchi RSS office attack: Police suggest possible link to international module, arrest 3 under UAPA
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📌 Summary:
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Three people were arrested over a petrol-bomb attack on the RSS's Jharkhand state office in Ranchi (carried out shortly after midnight on June 17), and the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA) has been invoked.
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The probe has been handed over to the Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS); police suggested a possible link to an 'international module'.
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A Special Investigation Team (SIT) under joint city-rural police supervision analysed CCTV footage and used technical surveillance to identify the suspects.
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Two accused (Saif Ansari and Aman Ansari alias Golu) were arrested near Gajhandi railway station in Koderma while allegedly fleeing; a third (Sayam Sujan, 21) was held in Ranchi on their statements.
🎯 UPSC Relevance: GS3 — internal security, terrorism and the role of security/investigative agencies; relevance of stringent anti-terror law (UAPA) and the trans-national radicalisation angle.
📝 Prelims Facts:
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UAPA (Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967) is India's principal anti-terror law; amended in 2019 to allow designation of individuals as terrorists.
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ATS = Anti-Terrorism Squad, a state police specialised unit.
🔑 Key Term: 'Module' — in security parlance, a small, often cell-based network of operatives linked to a larger (sometimes cross-border) organisation.
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