Daijiworld Media Network

Hyderabad, Jul 19: Main terror suspect Haroon who was arrested by the Kolkata police for his role in the Mumbai blasts is said to have stayed in the city, had visited the city in June and spent some time with suspected Indian Mujahideen (IM) operative Danish Riyaz to discuss about recruitment of youth and carrying out strikes.

Sources revealed that Haroon, who had come to the city in the first week of June, stayed with Danish at his rented accommodation in Tolichowki.

Danish was arrested by the Ahmedabad police in the 2008 serial blasts case after he disembarked from the Secunderabad-Rajkot express in Vadodara in the last week of June.

While screening his e-mails investigators stumbled upon the link.

During interrogation, he revealed that Haroon met him in Hyderabad to discuss about recruitment of youth to send them for training to Pakistan.

Intelligence sleuths questioned the owner of the house and office staff of Danish. Some incriminating evidence was also collected.

NIA sources said during interrogation, terror suspect Faiz Usmani, who died in police custody, told the Mumbai ATS about an IM module in Bangalore. Acting on the lead, the ATS team picked up five members, including a Hyderabadi from Bangalore and they are currently being grilled. An NIA source said that they suspect that recruitment was done across the country including Hyderabad.