<p>Bengaluru: Salman Rahman Khan, the Bengaluru resident being extradited by Rwanda to India, is the seventh person to be arrested in the 2023 Bengaluru prison radicalisation case. </p><p>On July 18, 2023, Bengaluru police's Central Crime Branch (CCB) raided a house in RT Nagar after a month-long surveillance based on a tip-off from the state intelligence department. </p><p>The tip-off mentioned the "suspicious" activities of five Bengaluru residents — Syed Suhail Khan, Mohammed Umar, Zahid Tabrez, Syed Mudassir Pasha and Mohammed Faisal Rabbani alias Saadath. </p><p>Although the tip-off was generic in nature, the CCB did not drop its guard and surveilled the five men for over a month. Based on strong evidence, it raided Suhail's RT Nagar house and arrested all five of them. </p><p>The CCB also confiscated seven country-made pistols, 45 bullets, walkie-talkie sets, a dagger, and 12 mobile phones. Four foreign-made grenades were also seized during a subsequent search. It was at this point that the CCB learnt about Salman's involvement in the case, a senior police officer who was involved in the operation said. </p><p>"Salman had delivered the grenades to the accused near T Begur in Nelamangala a few months earlier, besides providing several consignments in Bengaluru in furtherance of the conspiracy," the officer had told <em><strong>DH</strong></em>. </p>.Wanted for terror activities in Bengaluru, LeT member extradited from Rwanda in joint operation by CBI, NIA & Interpol.<p>However, the prime accused in the case, Junaid Ahmed alias 'JD', remains at large and is believed to be hiding abroad. </p><p>CCB investigations revealed that the accused were linked to the proscribed Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) and were hired by Ahmed. </p><p>Bengaluru police investigations showed that Ahmed and the five accused were arrested for the murder of a businessman in 2017. Around the same time, Salman was jailed in a Pocso case. </p><p>During their imprisonment, the six men came in contact with T Naseer, a Kerala native convicted for masterminding the 2008 serial blasts in Bengaluru. He "radicalised" them into committing terrorist activities, the officer added. </p><p>After coming out of prison, Ahmed fled abroad while his six accomplices stayed put in Bengaluru. He later instructed them to collect consignments and get ready to carry out "terrorist acts". However, the CCB’s timely action put paid to their plans, the officer said. </p><p>The NIA later took over the case and conducted raids in different parts of Karnataka. It filed the charge sheet in January 2024 and named eight men — Naseer, Junaid, Salman and the five accused arrested by the CCB. It concluded that it was a case of prison radicalisation and 'fidayeen' (suicide) attack conspiracy by the LeT in Karnataka. </p><p>In August, the NIA special court issued a non-bailable warrant for Salman's arrest. </p><p>Bengaluru police sources insist that the CCB under then Joint Commissioner of Police (Crime) S D Sharanappa had completed 80% of the investigation before the NIA took over.</p>
<p>Bengaluru: Salman Rahman Khan, the Bengaluru resident being extradited by Rwanda to India, is the seventh person to be arrested in the 2023 Bengaluru prison radicalisation case. </p><p>On July 18, 2023, Bengaluru police's Central Crime Branch (CCB) raided a house in RT Nagar after a month-long surveillance based on a tip-off from the state intelligence department. </p><p>The tip-off mentioned the "suspicious" activities of five Bengaluru residents — Syed Suhail Khan, Mohammed Umar, Zahid Tabrez, Syed Mudassir Pasha and Mohammed Faisal Rabbani alias Saadath. </p><p>Although the tip-off was generic in nature, the CCB did not drop its guard and surveilled the five men for over a month. Based on strong evidence, it raided Suhail's RT Nagar house and arrested all five of them. </p><p>The CCB also confiscated seven country-made pistols, 45 bullets, walkie-talkie sets, a dagger, and 12 mobile phones. Four foreign-made grenades were also seized during a subsequent search. It was at this point that the CCB learnt about Salman's involvement in the case, a senior police officer who was involved in the operation said. </p><p>"Salman had delivered the grenades to the accused near T Begur in Nelamangala a few months earlier, besides providing several consignments in Bengaluru in furtherance of the conspiracy," the officer had told <em><strong>DH</strong></em>. </p>.Wanted for terror activities in Bengaluru, LeT member extradited from Rwanda in joint operation by CBI, NIA & Interpol.<p>However, the prime accused in the case, Junaid Ahmed alias 'JD', remains at large and is believed to be hiding abroad. </p><p>CCB investigations revealed that the accused were linked to the proscribed Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) and were hired by Ahmed. </p><p>Bengaluru police investigations showed that Ahmed and the five accused were arrested for the murder of a businessman in 2017. Around the same time, Salman was jailed in a Pocso case. </p><p>During their imprisonment, the six men came in contact with T Naseer, a Kerala native convicted for masterminding the 2008 serial blasts in Bengaluru. He "radicalised" them into committing terrorist activities, the officer added. </p><p>After coming out of prison, Ahmed fled abroad while his six accomplices stayed put in Bengaluru. He later instructed them to collect consignments and get ready to carry out "terrorist acts". However, the CCB’s timely action put paid to their plans, the officer said. </p><p>The NIA later took over the case and conducted raids in different parts of Karnataka. It filed the charge sheet in January 2024 and named eight men — Naseer, Junaid, Salman and the five accused arrested by the CCB. It concluded that it was a case of prison radicalisation and 'fidayeen' (suicide) attack conspiracy by the LeT in Karnataka. </p><p>In August, the NIA special court issued a non-bailable warrant for Salman's arrest. </p><p>Bengaluru police sources insist that the CCB under then Joint Commissioner of Police (Crime) S D Sharanappa had completed 80% of the investigation before the NIA took over.</p>