Bangalore: Plot to Trigger Explosions in City Foiled

PTI
Pics: Akash Poojary Polali
for Daijiworld Media Network - Bangalore (GA)

Bangalore, Aug 17:  A plot to trigger explosions in Bangalore has been foiled with the arrest of a four-member gang, a top police official said today.

A revolver, ten detonators, 20 gelatine sticks and some lethal weapons have been recovered from the gang, city police Commissoner, Neelam Achutha Rao told reporters here.

Notorious rowdy Asgar Pasha (second from left) seen along with his associates, who were arrested by South Division police on Thursday. With their arrest, the police foiled a plan to trigger explosions in Bangalore

South Division DCP Alok Kumar showing lethal weapons, detonaters and gelatin sticks, collected by notorius rowdy Asgar Pasha to trigger explosions in Bangalore, to Commissioner of Police N Achutha Rao at Commissioner's office in Bangalore on Friday

The gang confessed to police that they had plans to trigger explosions in some parts of the city, Rao said.

Police late last night intercepted a car in which the gang members Asghar Pasha, Gilani, Umar and Mohammad Zaheer were travelling, the official said.

On checking their vehicle, police found explosive material and weapons.

Pasha had escaped from custody on June 30 when he was being brought here from Kolar jail for treatment, he said.

During interrogation, Pasha claimed that the gang was on his way to murder a rival gang member Divan Ali, he said.

Pasha has confessed that he has some links with naxalites, police said, adding, an investigation is on.