The Central Crime Branch (CCB) unit of Bengaluru Police on Wednesday arrested five suspected terrorists from Karnatakas Bengaluru, police officials confirmed. The suspects were arrested on suspicions of a terrorist plot to conduct bomb blasts in the city.The five terrorists, who were from different parts of Bengaluru, were arrested after a raid by the CCB at a house at Sultan Palya in Bengalurus Hebbal locality. Officials told local media outlets that the five were caught together in the house.Karnataka | Central Crime Branch (CCB) has arrested 5 suspected terrorists. They have been identified as Syed Suhel, Umar, Janid, Mudasir and Zahid. It is suspected that the team had planned to carry out a blast in Bengaluru. All five were accused in a 2017 murder case and were…— ANI (@ANI) July 19, 2023The five arrested suspects – identified as Sayed Suhel, Umar, Junaid, Mudasir, and Jahid – were interrogated by the police, according to news outlet TV9 Kannada. According to police reports, the four suspects have links to the militant group Jamaat-e-Islami, which is banned in Jammu and Kashmir.Four hand grenades, seven country-made pistols, 42 live ammunition rounds, four walkie-talkies, two satellite phones, and two daggers were recovered from the house.“CCB has succeeded in tracking down the people who planned to commit acts of vandalism in Bangaluru city. Five accused have been arrested….Seven pistols, many live bullets, a walkie-talkie and other items were recovered from them. One of the accused who is absconding provided these weapons to those arrested to carry out certain subversive activities,” said Bengaluru Police Commissioner B Dayananda.#WATCH | Karnataka: Bengaluru, Police Commissioner, B Dayananda on five suspected terrorists arrested by CCB says, CCB has succeeded in tracking down the people who planned to commit acts of vandalism in Bangaluru city. Five accused have been arrested….Seven pistols, many live… pic.twitter.com/nNlBWpIiXK— ANI (@ANI) July 19, 2023The operation was carried out after the police received intelligence reports that the five accused were planning to cause a major explosion in Bengaluru. The arrests happened after CCB traced the location of the suspects and raided the house.5 Bengaluru terror suspects radicalised in jail: PoliceThe five suspects were previously arrested and jailed in the Parappana Agrahara Central jail on October 2017 for kidnapping three people and murdering one in Bangalores RT Nagar.According to the police, they were in contact with terror suspects while in jail, and got radicalised. As per a CCB official, “All five identified as Sayed Suhel, Umar, Janid, Mudasir, and Jahid, were accused in a 2017 murder case and were in Parappana Agrahara Central jail where they came in contact with terrorists.”“We are further looking into the matter,” the official said.
