Bangalore: Revelations by Arrested Prove Module had Larger Network: Cops
Bangalore, Aug 31 (PTI): The interrogation of the 11 arrested terror suspects with Lashkar-e-Taiba and HUJI links has revealed that the module run by them had a larger network across Karnataka and in other parts of the country, highly placed police sources said today.
The suspects, who were remanded to 14 day police custody after being produced at the residence of a local magistrate, had given to the police information on the terror network and sleeper modules that operated in neighbouring states.
They had also revealed the names of some more persons and plans to trigger law and order problem, said sources.
On the basis of information given by them, some more persons could be arrested in the coming days, they said. Some of the information given out was "explosive" in nature, the sources said but declined to divulge details.
In a major operation yesterday, city police had arrested 11 persons, including a DRDO scientist and a journalist, with suspected links to Lashkar-e-Taiba and HUJI and claimed to have foiled their plot to target MPs, MLAs and mediapersons in Karnataka.
A foreign made 7.65 mm pistol, seven rounds of ammunition and other gadgets were seized from them.
Families of 4 terror suspects claim their wards are innocent
Family members of four of the 11 persons arrested on suspected terror links in Karnataka today claimed their kin were innocent and sought justice.
Maintaining that they were yet to be informed about charges against the four, the family members told reporters here that they planned to take legal recourse.
Ata-ur-Rehman Siddique, brother of Muti-ur-Rehman Siddique, a journalist who was among the 11 arrested yesterday for their suspected links to Lashkar-e-Taiba and HUJI, said his sibling was a "hard working, sincere and succesful reporter."
"On Wednesday night, I got a call from Siddique's friend that he had been picked up by the City Crime Branch. I still do not have any information from the CCB," Ata-ur-Rehman Siddique, a businessman based in Hubli, claimed.
"I have full faith in police and the judiciary. Let a proper investigation be conducted," he said.
Sheikh Rafiq Ahmad Sholapur, father of Dr Jafar Iqbal Sholapur, who was arrested from Hubli, said his was a much respected family.