Hyderabad/Bangalore, September 1: Yet another youth identified as, Obaid-ur-Rahman, was arrested from Hyderabad for alleged links with terror organisations, source said.
26-year-old Obaid, a degree student residing at Gulshan Iqbal Colony in Chandrayangutta area of Old City, has been brought to Bangalore for questioning.
Besides Obaid, the visiting team is also reported to have taken along at least four more youngsters even as the Hyderabad police remained tight-lipped over the swift operation by the Bangalore police.
Two of them have been identified as Mohammed Akram, a resident of Hussain Nagar and Khairullah of Teegalkunta.
The development comes after 11 men, including a journalist and a junior scientist, were arrested by police in Bangalore and Hubli.
According to sources, Obaid was picked up from Kanchanbagh Friday evening by a special team from the Central Crime Branch of Bangalore police.
Police said that he was picked up based on the confession of the suspects picked up in Karnataka on Thursday.
All the 11 arrested have been sent to a 14-day police custody and are being questioned.
The police have accused the arrested of having links with terror groups like the HUJI and Lashkar. Police also accused them of plotting to assassinate some politicians, journalists and some representatives of Hindu groups.
Sources say that at least four of the suspects will be taken to Hubli for further investigation. According to police, it was from the residence of one of the accused in Hubli in North Karnataka that an imported 7.65mm weapon was seized. Along with it, several documents, some bullets and CDs with some data was recovered by the police.
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