Five alleged terrorists were detained in Bengaluru for attack preparation

 

The Central Crime Branch (CCB) detained five alleged terrorists in Bengaluru today on suspicion of plotting a terror attack in the capital of Karnataka.

Although the man's current whereabouts are unclear, the police think that Junaid, a suspect from Bengaluru's RT Nagar neighborhood, is living abroad and is the brains behind the distribution of explosives and weapons to the five people detained. The police are searching for Junaid.

Suhail, Omar, Zahid, Mudasir, and Faisal, five people in detention who are all from Bengaluru and are between the ages of 25 and 35, were previously detained in 2017 and held for 18 months in connection with a murder case before being freed in 2019.

The suspects' possession of explosive materials has also been seized by the CCB. They also had swords and cannons on them.

The suspects admitted to having contact with T Nazeer, a terror suspect now being held in Bengaluru Central Jail (Parapanna Agrahara), during questioning.

Dayanand B, the police commissioner in Bengaluru, claims that Nazeer radicalized the five. 

In a 2017 murder investigation, the accused and another individual from abroad were involved. According to Mr. Dayanand, the one from abroad gave them the weaponry they needed to commit acts of terrorism. 

In a 2017 murder investigation, the accused and another individual from abroad were involved. According to Mr. Dayanand, the one from abroad gave them the weaponry they needed to commit acts of terrorism. 

The top police officer noted that in order to find Junaid, the Bengaluru Police are working with national organizations. 

There are worries that these prisons could be a haven for terrorists due to the reported radicalization of inmates in Karnataka. 

In the Bengaluru bombing case from 2008, Nazeer is allegedly responsible. In another instance, it is thought that Mohammad Shariq, the main suspect in the case involving the cooker explosion that occurred in Mangaluru last year, was radicalized in Belagavi prison by a different terror suspect who was detained in connection with the case involving the bomb explosion in Hyderabad.