JOIN USFor the past three days Hyderabad has been put on alert following the intelligence inputs that terrorist attacks were being planned in the city.
City Police Commissioner A K Khan told reporters on Monday evening that Zia-ul-Haq, 34, was arrested during the searches going on in the city in view of the alerts of possible terror attacks. A detonator was recovered from him, police added.
Special police forces including the Task Force and City Security Wing teams conducted anti-sabotage checks at various parks, shopping malls and cinema halls.
Following the leads in Ajmer blast, indicating that Mecca blasts could also be a handiwork of Hindu extremist outfits, surveillance has also been stepped up on Hindu extremist outfits in the city.
DH News Service