Mangalore: District Police Arrest Two More Terror Suspects, Seize Weapons
Daijiworld Media Network—Mangalore (MM/CN)
Pics: Dayanand Kukkaje
Mangalore, Oct 17: The district police arrested two more terror suspects and seized weapons and other incriminating items a few days ago. The arrested are Fakir Bava, a resident of Mudur, near Padubidri in Udupi district, and Rafiq, a resident of Veerakamba, Vittal, Dakshina Kannada district.
The seized items include one rifle, one bow, jars used for chemical experiments, engineering kits, carpentry kits, electrical kit, tents used in forests, gun powder, chemical substances, targets used for shooting practice and materials used for preparing bombs. Speaking to media persons on Friday October 17, Satishkumar, superintendent of police (SP), said that Fakir Bava was working in Dubai a few years ago.
He was collecting funds for terror activities and was planning to escape to Indonesia, added the police officer. Investigations revealed that six persons were staying in a house located in Hakkalmane in N R Pura taluk and Vittalmakki in Koppa taluk. They produced bombs in these houses and the weapons and incriminating items mentioned were seized from these houses, informed the SP.
Bava had been staying with the terrorists for about two years. He was also the car driver of Riaz Bhatkal, the mastermind of the serial blasts that occurred in the national capital recently, said Satishkumar.
A team headed by the SP of Udupi had reached Mumbai to interrogate the four terror suspects who were recently arrested in Dakshina Kannada district. Both Bava and Rafiq were arrested based on the information revealed during the interrogation, he added.
Western range inspector general of police (IGP) has indicated that many suspects in the district are still absconding. Therefore, the task of nabbing the terror suspects remains incomplete, he opined.
Meanwhile, the police custody of Mohammed Ali, Javed Ali, Noushad, and Ahmed Bava, who were arrested on October 3, ends on Friday October 17. At present they are in the custody of Maharashtra police and the Dakshina Kannada police has also applied for their body warrant, confirmed the SP. Additional SP Dilip was also present at the press meet.