11 Terror Suspects Held, 'Catastrophe' Averted: Karnataka Police
Bangalore, Aug 30 (IANS): Eleven people with links to terror outfits Lashkar-e-Taiba and HUJI, and planning to assassinate leading Karnataka politicians, some journalists and Hindu leaders have been arrested in Karnataka and a "catastrophe" averted, a top police officer said Thursday.
Location where suspects were picked from
"A catastrophe has been averted in Karnataka following the arrests," state police chief Lalrokhuma Pachau told reporters here.
The eleven - six arrested from Bangalore and five from northern town of Hubli - were "handled" by Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) and Harkat-ul-Jihad-e-Islami (HUJI) operators based in Saudi Arabia, Bangalore city Police Commissioner B.G. Jyothiprakash Mirji said at the joint press meet.
The eleven were arrested late Wednesday, Mirji said.
Arms and ammunition, including a foreign made 7.65mm pistol and many rounds, have been seized from those arrested in Bangalore, he said.
Earlier Report
NDTV
A journalist in Bangalore has been arrested for suspected links with the Indian Mujahideen. The police are being tight lipped about the arrest, but sources say the journalist worked with an English daily.
This arrest comes even as four suspected Indian Mujahideen activists involved in the 2010 Chinnaswamy Stadium blast case were picked up from Hubli for questioning, police said.
Police sources the five arrests came after a tip off from the Uttar Pradesh police team which was in Bangalore yesterday.
They say the four men arrested from Hubli used the highly populated area of the city in Northern Karnataka as hideout to conduct recces for their operations. The police for now are still investigating the role each of them played in the blast.
Sources also add that there could be more arrests in the Chinnaswamy stadium blast case, possibly from Bengal, again based on a tip off of the UP police.