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posted by: Sanstuti Nath
Last updated: July 20, 2023 at 13:55 IST
The officers have already given information about Junaid to Interpol (Photo: IANS)
Considering the seriousness of the case, Karnataka Police is considering handing over the case to the National Investigation Agency
After the arrest of five suspected terrorists in Bengaluru, who had planned to carry out subversive activities in the IT city, initial investigations revealed that the mastermind Mohammad Junaid was operating from Afghanistan and had links with Lashkar-e-Taiba. He said on Thursday.
Muhammad Junaid, a sheep trader from Sultanpalia district of Hebal locality in Bengaluru, was in direct contact with the Lashkar-e-Taiba terrorists. Junaid benefited from the terrorist network and crossed the Indian border in 2021. The sources indicated that he is currently operating from near the Afghan border and is sending instructions to his associates in Bengaluru.
The officers have already provided information about Junaid to Interpol.
The investigation also revealed that Nasir, the terrorist suspect in the Bengaluru series bomb blast case, Nasir, who is currently being held in Bengaluru Central Jail, was in contact with Junaid.
Considering the seriousness of the case, Karnataka Police is considering handing over the case to the National Investigation Agency (NIA).
Junaid was forced to become semi-naked and Noor Ahmed assaulted him in front of his wife at his home over financial matters. On September 30, 2017, Junaid kidnapped him and hacked him to death. Police have arrested 21 people in connection with the murder. Police said that when Junaid was released from prison, he was brainwashed and turned into a “jihadist”.
He was later arrested in connection with the illegal transportation of Red Sanders. However, after securing bail in this case, he left the country in 2021. Bengaluru Central City Crime Branch (CCB) is collecting more information on him and the sources said that “If it weren’t for the arrests, this group could have carried out most of the attacks.” bloody in Bengaluru.
The CCB wing had arrested Syed Sohail Khan, Muhammad Faisal Rabbani, Muhammad Omar, Madasir Pasha and Zahid of Tabriz on Wednesday and seized a large cache of explosives, weapons and equipment.
(This story was not edited by the News18 staff and was published from a syndicated news agency feed – Ian)
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