Bangalore, October 28: A week after the extradition of Bihar-born engineer Fasih Mohammed, Karnataka police have sought deportation of three more Nonresident Indians from Saudi Arabia, including Dr Usman Ghani, who was reportedly detained in Saudi Arabia at the behest of Karnataka police by Kingdom authorities.
The Bangalore police have initiated the process for issuing Interpol red corner notices and have obtained non-bailable warrants from a local court against Mohammed Abdul Majeed (47), a Hyderabad resident and brother of terror accused Mohammed Abdul Shahed and Mohammed Abdul Samad who were killed in 2007; Dr Usman Ghani Khan alias Abu Anas MD (32) and Mohammed Shahid Faisal alias Zakir, a Bangalore youth with no previous police record.
According to reliable sources, the police have already sent requests for issuing the red corner notices through the CBI.
The police have alleged the trio of having played key roles in recruiting 18 youths from Hubli, Bangalore, Hyderabad and Nanded for alleged terrorist activities, and sending two of the Hubli recruits to Pakistan in December 2011 to allegedly join Taliban forces in Afghanistan.
Between August 29 and September 3 this year, police in the states of Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh and Maharashtra arrested 18 Muslim youths including professionals and students.
According to police all these 18 members were recruited by the trio. A fourth person identified as Farhatullah Ghori (49), a former Hyderabad resident, already has a red corner notice against him.
Meanwhile, police sources refused to comment on Dr Ghani's reported detention in Saudi Arabia, but indicated that the situation was similar to the case of Fasih Mehmood, who was deported from Saudi Arabia on October 22 on the basis of an Interpol notice. Fasih's wife Nikhat Parveen had alleged on May 13 that her husband had been detained but his whereabouts were not known.
Mohammed Abdul Majeed, who is originally from Hyderabad, has also been under police scrutiny in the past and even spent several months in jail on charges of providing logistical support for the 2007 Makkah Masjid blasts in Hyderabad. He was released in 2009 after it the revelation of the fact that a Hindu terrorist group was responsible for this attack. Majeed then moved to Saudi Arabia.
Shaheed Faisal, the third person against whom the red corner notice is being sought, is alleged to have met some of the arrested youths in Bangalore and discussed about religion with them. Police sources alleged that Faisal had influenced them in choosing local targets like a communal newspaper columnist and politicians.
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