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• 2 terrorists reveal in narco-analysis test

Bangalore, Nov 14: The narco-analysis tests done on the two terrorists nabbed in Mysore, has confirmed that local people had offered financial help to them, according to sources.

The terrorists Mohammed Fahad and Ali Hussain were subjected to the tests yesterday at the Bowring Hospital here.

They had opened account in a Bank and in just three months, had transacted to the tune of Rs. 12 lakh, according to the Police.

It is learnt that the accused had obtained funds from few fundamentalists in Mysore, Bangalore, Kerala and Tamil Nadu and had transferred the amount online to the account of Al-Badr organisation in Kashmir.

50 Teams

The militant outfit Al-Badr has a widespread network in South India with over 100 terrorists going under cover. About 50 terrorist teams of two each have declared Jihad in South India. Each team collects a fund of Rs. 1 lakh per month and transfer it to Al-Badr's account in Kashmir, they are said to have revealed in the narco-analysis test.

Those who mobilise more funds will get lot of incentives from Al-Badr, which will be utilised for terrorist activities.

Fahad and Hussain mopped up huge amounts with liberal contributions from local funda-mentalists. The accused have disclosed the names of few such people, it is learnt.

Al-Badr Connection

There is no doubt regarding the affiliation of Fahad and Hussain to Al-Badr outfit. The two are learnt to have confessed during the tests.

There are over ten subsidiaries of Al-Badr organisation functioning in South India. The two accused were operating in Bangalore and Mysore on the directions of Al-Badr. They had collected few important informations in both the cities and had communicated to Al-Badr office in Kashmir, they are said to have revealed.

Bomb

It is learnt that another team had been constituted excluding Fahad and Hussain, to blow up several prominent buildings like Vidhana Soudha, Vikasa Soudha and others.

Fahad and Hussain were primarily assigned the job to collect information of important buildings and to mobilise funds. Based on the information provided, to execute the blast, another team was getting lined up, it is learnt.

Youth Lured

The unmarried youths were lured by offering huge amounts of money and the concept of Jihad was being taught to them.

The accused, instead of settling down at one place, were changing their residence once in every six months. From their current residence, five or six youngsters were lured to the organisation and being sent to Pakistan for getting trained in terrorist activities, it is learnt.

In just six months, about ten young unmarried men had been lured by the accused and sent to training camps in Pakistan.

Five each were picked from Mysore and Bangalore, it is learnt.