Probe reveals mastermind of Bengaluru terror plot operated from Afghanistan with LeT connections
Bengaluru terror plot case: After the arrest of five suspected terrorists in Bengaluru, who had planned to carry out subversive activities in the IT city, the preliminary investigations have revealed that the mastermind Mohammad Junaid was operating from Afghanistan and had Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) connections, sources said on Thursday.
The CCB wing had arrested Syed Suhail Khan, Mohammad Faizal Rabbani, Mohammad Umar, Muddassir Pasha, and Zahid Tabrez on Wednesday and seized a large cache of explosives, weapons, and equipment.
Mohammad Junaid, a sheep trader from Sultanpalya in the Hebbal locality of Bengaluru was in direct contact with the Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) terrorists. Junaid made use of the terror network and crossed the Indian borders in 2021. Presently, he is operating from near Afghan borders and sending instructions to his associates in Bengaluru, sources explained.
The officers have already given information about Junaid to Interpol.
The probe has also revealed that the LeT terror suspects in Bengaluru serial bomb blast case, Nasir, who is presently lodged in Bengaluru Central Prison, was in touch with Junaid.
Considering the seriousness of the case, the Karnataka Police are contemplating handing over the case to the National Investigation Agency (NIA).
Junaid was forced to become semi-naked and assaulted in front of his wife at his residence over financial matters by one. On 2017, September 30, Junaid kidnapped him and hacked him to death. The police arrested 21 persons in connection with the murder. When Junaid came out of jail, he was brainwashed and turned into a ‘jihadi’, police said.
He was later arrested in connection with the illegal transportation of red sanders. However, after obtaining bail in this case, he left the country in 2021. The Bengaluru Central City Crime Branch (CCB) is gathering more information about him and sources said that “if not for the arrests, this group could have carried out deadliest attacks in Bengaluru”.
[With Inputs from IANS]
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Court should be penalized & punished for issuing bail to all criminals who later escape to Porkistan. The judge should be held accountable, simply issuing bail is NOT a privilege of Judges
Bail for Rs. 10 for Rs. 100 crores financial scam / bribery. Entire family should be held & put in jail & property to be confiscated.