The police have intensified the crackdown on the terror module busted in Karnataka and arrested 5 more suspects – 4 in Maharashtra and one in Andhra Pradesh.Acting on the information given by elevan suspected terrorists held recently, the Central Crime Branch of Karnataka has arrested one more person from Hyderabad yesterday. In a release it says, the arrested person along with some others had conspired to kill two Corporators and one prominent leader of religious organization in Hyderabad. The police are also collecting more information about the handlers of these accused persons who are believed to be in Saudi Arabia. A Special Team has been constituted to investigate this case exclusively. The interrogation of the arrested persons are on. The release of the Central Crime Branch says, forensic analysis of the seized laptops and mobile phones is being done and the investigation is in progress. A probe showed that a nuclear installation and several defence establishments were trgetted.The police have seized arms and ammunitions and several incriminating documents and articles from them. These include one foreign made 7.65 mm pistol along with 7 cartridges, 16 mobile phones, 8 SIMs, two Chennai Maps, one India Map, one Iran Map, some Urdu paper cuttings and a cash of 1,500 rupees.Meanwhile, Maharashtra Anti-terrorism Squad has also arrested four terror suspects from Nanded district for their alleged links with the accused arrested in Bangalore recently. ATS chief Rakesh Maria said this in Mumbai today. However, Maria refused to divulge any further details.Police sources say, following the arrest of the terror suspects in Bangalore by the local police recently, they had shared some information with Maharashtra ATS officials, which led to the arrest of the four suspects in Nanded.The 11 persons arrested earlier include a journalists and a DRDO Scientist. They suspected to have links with Pakistan based terror groups – Lashkar – e – Taiba and HUJI.With the new arrests, the total number of peopel taken in to custody in the case has gone up to 16.
News On AIR | September 1, 2012 7:04 PM
Five more suspects in Karnataka terror module arrested in Maharashtra, AP