A man, believed to be an Al Qaeda terrorist has been nabbed from Haryana's Mewat district, say reports. Abdul Sami, who is a member of Al Qaeda in Indian Subcontinent or AQIS has been remanded in police custody till February 1.

Sami, who is from Jamshedpur met Abdul Rashid, a cleric arrested earlier from Odisha. Sources said he had earlier visited Pakistan's Karachi via Dubai and was trained in Mansera, Pakistan.

Last year in September, Al Qaeda, had announced that it was launching a wing in the Indian subcontinent.

In a video message, Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri had said, "We want Islam to return to the Indian subcontinent, which was part of the Muslim world before it was invaded. It will serve Muslims in Burma, Kashmir, Gujarat, Bangladesh, Ahmedabad and Assam."