Bangalore Engineer with Terror Designs held


Bangalore Engineer with Terror Designs Held

Times of India

BANGALORE, Feb 23: An electrical engineer who was once employed with a leading US multinational and is an active member of the banned Students Islamic Movement of India (SIMI) has been arrested from Bangalore by police who claim the 32-year-old could hold the key to cracking a dangerous terror web that spanned swathes of India, from UP to Kerala.

A native of a village near Kozhikode, Kerala, Yahya Iyash Kamkutty came to Bangalore eight years ago after completing a bachelor's degree in engineering from one of Kerala's best institutes. While working with GE, he kept in touch with terror suspects Mohammed Asif, Asadullah Abubaker and their associates. The gang held several meetings in north Karnataka and were preparing to strike at key installations in the state, police said.

Yahya's arrest late on Thursday once again points to the increasing use of highly-trained professionals being lured into terror groups which have used sophisticated methods and planning in their attacks.

It was from Bangalore that Glasgow bomber Kafeel Ahmed, a PhD scholar in aeronautical engineering and his brother, Sabeel Ahmed, went to UK.

Police said Yahya became more active in SIMI after he lost his job at GE while trying to steal data to set up his own firm.

It was another arrested terror suspect, Mohammed Asif, who revealed the name of Yahya and his association with SIMI. Thereafter, the cops, who were investigating recent terror cases in north Karnataka, started questioning Yahya. Finally, on Thursday night, he was arrested.

Police have seized a laptop, hard disc, jihadi material and hundreds of books from Yahya's house. They would be sending the hard disc for decoding information. They are hoping to get his contacts, communication and plans from the email communication.

Karnataka sleuths took Yahya to Hubli to produce him before a magistrate because the case is registered there. They plan to take him in their custody and put him through polygraph tests, brain mapping and narcoanalysis.  

  

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  • MM Singh, Punjab

    Wed, Mar 05 2008

    This governement is trying to target muslims everywhere like Sikhs. They targeted and killed Sikhs in Delhi and Punjab. Right now they are targeting Muslim youths in Kashmir and all over India in the name of SIMI. Before they had done in the name of Khalistan Students Force. THis should be condemned

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  • Lourdes, Karnataka

    Mon, Feb 25 2008

    Martin Luther King, Jr. said,: "Hatred paralyzes life love releases it. Hatred confuses life love harmonizes it. Hatred darkens life love illuminates it." Spread the love brother. Spread the greeting of peace among you in order to love one another. Stay away from hatred because that is the razor, it will not remove hair, but it removes the faith altogether. When hatred spreads in society, it leads to trouble and perhaps to hostilities breaking out within the community with one section fighting another. Showing others the way to do good is as valuable as doing good by oneself.

    To handle yourself, use your head,To handle others, use your heart. Young people are acts of nature. The first effort should be to see within yourself why you have any hatred for the people of the other country and community, why do I have such tendencies ? Let us try to forget the past and spread the message of love and peace around. Each of us can contribute for a good cause in various ways, without harming innocent people.

    No RELIGION teaches us hatred. Hatred is a killer, it kills more people than cancer. Why is that people from one area or religion or group to harm people that they have never spoken to, never met, and with whom do not have any interaction? Hatred blinds and kills. Love draws you closer together, it requires courage to accept our own failings.we cannot correct the world just today, but we can start by avoiding hatred and seeking truth in ourselves. If every one would look into himself and see and accept his own faults and not blame others the world would be a better place.

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  • Ranjith , Bangalore

    Sun, Feb 24 2008

    I don’t know what the truth is. I can’t simply believe in media until the case is proved with full evidence. Police and media and the public said lot of things in the case of Dr. Hanief he is a terror, he is black mark to the community blah blah blah and finally what happened the court of law proved that he is innocent. What if your children or relatives where arrested on terrorism charges with no basis? you'll be begging the public to come to your aid, won't you?

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  • Janaki Devi, Bangalore

    Sun, Feb 24 2008

    How can such people leave in society, they are not fit, if they feel they want to harm the normal living people around them, then they should go and commit suicide quietly, let their family members know that they have a wrong son, brother, husband & father. No Society should tolerate such acts, better to find out its link and do the best.

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  • Vijay, Mangalore

    Sun, Feb 24 2008

    A selected FEW of these anti-national elements bring disgrace to the whole community. I wish the community elders and religious heads publicly disown these category of people and also teach the youngsters values of Love and Compassion for fellow humans.

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  • Prem Colaço, SAKLESHPUR,

    Sun, Feb 24 2008

    These so called IT professionals who come in search of jobs to Bangalore should be scrutinised thoroughly and lawfully dealt with,apart from making a good career they force themselves to unworthy lifestyles and spoil the reputation of KARNATAKA.

    I personally feel they need to be hanged in public.Let the MEDIA publicise his wrong deeds THRU EVERY CHANNEL AVAILABLE to the whole nation without fear as this will eradicate most of the TERROR GROUPS who are yet to plan attacks, so that we as citizens of KARNATAKA have a better place to live in.

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  • Lancy Saldanha, Watford / Hertfordshire

    Sun, Feb 24 2008

    So now we can conclude, Terrorism has reached Kerala. There will be few more links /faces arising from investigations at Bangalore. So somewhere that preaching is going wrong. whom do we blame? Do we blame on Parents, Community, Religion, Elderly people, Clerics or an active organisation?

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  • B S Naik, Puttur

    Sun, Feb 24 2008

    Its surprise to know these highly talented people falling into such antinational activity. This nation has provided everything to them, and how can they try to destroy their own motherland. India should wake up and check this, we always worried about threat from outside India, but nowadays its own citizens are becoming greate danger. We should detect this decease early and treat well, otherwise later it will be difficult to find a medicine for this.

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  • Alfred J. Rebello, Kundapur/Dubai

    Sun, Feb 24 2008

    These terrorists atleast should know they are damaging the future of their own brothers who follow the same faith. Because of these few all the followers of the same faith are branded as traitors because no one can differentiate who is the true follower and who is not. Also their going abroad for survival will be in jeopardy.

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