K’taka terror module: Five more arrested The suspects were nabbed in Maharashtra and Andhra Pradesh

K’taka terror module: Five more arrested

The suspects were nabbed in Maharashtra and Andhra Pradesh

Bangalore/Mumbai: Intensifying the crackdown on the ‘terror module’ busted in Karnataka, the police have arrested five more suspects in Maharashtra and Andhra Pradesh,as a probe showed that a nuclear installation and several defence establishments were targeted for attack. With the arrest of the five suspects — four in Nanded and one in Hyderabad — who allegedly had links with the 11 people held by the Bangalore Police, the number of those detained in the terror plot rose to 16. The 11 persons, including a journalist and DRDO scientist arrested by the Bangalore Police earlier this week, were suspected to have links with with Pakistan-based terror groupLashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) and Harkat-ul-Jihad-Al-Islami (HuJI) and were allegedly plotting to target MPs, MLAs and media persons in Karnataka. Maharashtra ATS arrested four terror suspects from Nanded district for their alleged links with the arrested persons in Karnataka, an ATS official said in Mumbai on Saturday. “We have arrested four persons, who have links with the terror suspects arrested in Bangalore,” said ATS chief Rakesh Maria. However, Maria refused to divulge any further details. According to police sources, following the arrest of the terror suspects in Bangalore by the local police, they shared some information with Maharashtra ATS officials, which has resulted in the arrest of the four persons. The four suspects were picked up from various parts of Nanded district in the past two days following a tip-off about their possible involvement in terror activities. The Bangalore Police arrested a youth in Hyderabad on Friday with alleged links to LeT and HuJI.21-year old Obedulla-Ur-Rehman was arrested on the basis of information given by the 11 terror suspects taken into custody in Hubli and Bangalore. “Obedulla-Ur-Rehman along with others had conspired to kill two corporators and one prominent leader of a Hinduorganisation of Hyderabad,” Mirji said. —PTI Top BJP leader was target Bangalore: The terror suspects arrested by the city police had planned to target a top leader of Karnataka’s ruling BJP with a view to creating political instability in the state, police sources said on Saturday. “During their interrogation, they disclosed that they were planning to target a top leader of the ruling party,” police sources said. The sources said the content of a laptop seized from one of the accused were being cracked with the help of cyber crime team and also some other computer experts as the investigating team suspects that it has vital information about the suspects’ activities and their terror plans. “So far, the information revealed is very explosive and points to a larger network,” they said.