Bengaluru: The Central Crime Branch personnel have taken another suspect into custody on the information given by the suspected terrorist who was arrested by the CCB police on the charge of inciting the Jihad war through social media. Juba, who belongs to Assam was arrested in Salem, Tamilnadu, and brought to Bangalore.
Akhtar Hussain, a native of Assam, who lived in Tilak Nagar in Bangalore, was arrested yesterday by the CCB police and investigated. Juba, who lived in Tamilnadu, was in contact with him. Both are from Assam. It is said that they were in contact with militants of Al Qaeda and ISIS terrorist organizations. On the information given by Akhtar Hussain during the interrogation, CCB's special team conducted an operation and arrested the suspect in Salem, and brought him to the city.
Earlier, Karnataka Police arrested a suspected Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) terrorist and detained four other persons in a late-night operation in Bengaluru, sources said on Monday.
According to the sources, sleuths of the Central Crime Branch's (CCB) Special Wing in coordination with the Internal Security Division (ISD) and Intelligence Wing raided a residence following a tip-off over the presence of the suspected terrorist identified as Akthar Hussain Lashkar from Assam. The teams comprised more than 30 personnel.
The suspected terrorist worked as a food delivery boy and resided with others in the BTP locality near Tilaknagar. The Bengaluru police are yet to make an official statement regarding the case. The police sources said that an FIR has been lodged at the Tilaknagar police station and sleuths are questioning the five persons.
In June, Talib Hussain linked to the Hizbul Mujahideen terror outfit was arrested in Bengaluru. The debate of Bengaluru being a sleeper cell for terrorists and anti-national forces came to the forefront with Hussain's arrest. (IANS)
