Seven pistols, 45 live cartridges, a bunch of walkie-talkies, and a few daggers had been seized from the terror suspects alongside with an enormous consignment of explosives.
Five individuals who had been radicalised to hold out terror assaults have been arrested by the Central Crime Branch with firearms and ammunition alongside with 12 cellphones confiscated from them, Bengaluru Police Commissioner B Dayananda stated on Wednesday.
Seven pistols, 45 live cartridges, a bunch of walkie-talkies, and a few daggers had been seized from the terror suspects, the police officer stated. An enormous consignment of explosives had been additionally retrieved from their possession.
“The Central Crime Branch has succeeded in busting the anti-social forces and foiled their nefarious designs. They were arrested after raiding a place under Hebbal police station limits,” Dayananda advised reporters.
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Visuals of pistols, live cartridges and supplies used for explosives, recovered from 5 terror suspects arrested by the Central Crime Branch in Bengaluru earlier as we speak. pic.twitter.com/giZoRTJHDF
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The suspects had been radicalised by T Nazeer, who’s an accused in the 2008 Bengaluru serial bomb blasts case, and one other accused dwelling overseas. The suspects are accused of homicide, theft, smuggling of purple sanders and different crimes. They had been in contact with the opposite terror accused who was in jail.
Nazeer has hyperlinks with Pakistan-based terror outfit Lashkar-e-Taiba, the police commissioner stated. He added that Nazeer’s gang members had been planning on finishing up “destructive activities”.Â
The 5 suspects had been caught close to a spot of worship in Kanakanagar space of Sultanpalya locality in the town whereas planning a significant conspiracy, sources stated. Another kingpin, who’s holed up overseas, was accused of killing his enterprise rival Noor Ahmed in 2017, the police officer stated. In that case, 21 individuals had been arrested, Dayananda stated. The 5 suspects had been among the many 21 individuals arrested in connection with that homicide case, sources stated.
