PETALING JAYA: Inspector-General of Police Abdul Hamid Bador said they had not received any information from any enforcement agency that a Malaysia-based Rohingya outfit is planning a terrorist attack in India.
Earlier today, The Times of India (TOI) reported that Indian intelligence agencies were believed to have intercepted financial transactions suggesting the Rohingya group was in an advanced stage of orchestrating a terror strike in that country.
“It is news to me. So far, we have not received any information on this from any enforcement agency,” Hamid told FMT in a text.
According to the TOI report, the intelligence suggested that the group, led by a woman trained in Myanmar, may attempt a strike in an Indian city in the next few weeks.
An intelligence document, seen by the paper, stated that a slew of suspicious India-centric transactions to the tune of more than RM820,000 (15 million Indian rupees) had been tracked to a Kuala Lumpur-based Rohingya leader and others.
The intelligence sources said they were trying to figure out if a Rohingya militant group, which came under the radar last year for raising funds for Rohingya refugees in Malaysia, was involved in the current set of transfers.
The TOI report also said the Indian authorities were also checking whether these transactions had links with controversial preacher Zakir Naik, who has been given permanent residence in Malaysia.
Naik has been wanted by Indian authorities since 2016 on charges of money laundering and inciting extremism through hate speeches.