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Jihadis wanted for 2011 bid on Advani's life held after 10-hour operation
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/...er-10-hour-operation/articleshow/23599102.cms
CHENNAI/HYDERABAD/BANGALORE: After a 10-hour standoff punctuated by exchange of gunfire and negotiations, a joint team of Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh police nabbed two Al Umma members wanted for the murders of BJP and Hindu Munnani leaders near the interstate border on Saturday. The two, along with "Police" Fakrudeen, who was picked up from Chennai on Friday, were wanted for the murder of a BJP leader and a Hindu Munnani leader in Tamil Nadu earlier this year and an attempt on BJP leader LK Advani's life near Madurai in October 2011.
Senior officers confirmed Al Umma members Bilal Malik, 25, Panna Ismail, 38, and Fakrudeen, 38, were arrested from Puttur town. Ismail, who was hit by a bullet in the abdomen, is being treated at the government general hospital in Chennai. Malik's wife Shahida Banu and three children were also rescued from the house in which the terrorists were holed up, using them as shields. They were finally smoked out by tear gas. Police found a pistol, two bombs and 500 gelatin sticks in the house.
Police teams began Operation Puttur in early Saturday after questioning Fakrudeen, who was the key member of the Al Umma cell. Earlier, rumours about a possible encounter late Friday led to a habeas corpus petition being filed in the Madras high court, to which the government reacted by confirming that Fakrudeen was in custody. Police said the men were also involved in the April 17 attack on the BJP headquarters in Bangalore, and were plotting another terror attack.
Fakruddin was said to be mentored by Al Umma commander Imam Ali, who was suspected to have links with Pakistan's ISI. Ali was gunned down along with three associates in September 2002.
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/...er-10-hour-operation/articleshow/23599102.cms
CHENNAI/HYDERABAD/BANGALORE: After a 10-hour standoff punctuated by exchange of gunfire and negotiations, a joint team of Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh police nabbed two Al Umma members wanted for the murders of BJP and Hindu Munnani leaders near the interstate border on Saturday. The two, along with "Police" Fakrudeen, who was picked up from Chennai on Friday, were wanted for the murder of a BJP leader and a Hindu Munnani leader in Tamil Nadu earlier this year and an attempt on BJP leader LK Advani's life near Madurai in October 2011.
Senior officers confirmed Al Umma members Bilal Malik, 25, Panna Ismail, 38, and Fakrudeen, 38, were arrested from Puttur town. Ismail, who was hit by a bullet in the abdomen, is being treated at the government general hospital in Chennai. Malik's wife Shahida Banu and three children were also rescued from the house in which the terrorists were holed up, using them as shields. They were finally smoked out by tear gas. Police found a pistol, two bombs and 500 gelatin sticks in the house.
Police teams began Operation Puttur in early Saturday after questioning Fakrudeen, who was the key member of the Al Umma cell. Earlier, rumours about a possible encounter late Friday led to a habeas corpus petition being filed in the Madras high court, to which the government reacted by confirming that Fakrudeen was in custody. Police said the men were also involved in the April 17 attack on the BJP headquarters in Bangalore, and were plotting another terror attack.
Fakruddin was said to be mentored by Al Umma commander Imam Ali, who was suspected to have links with Pakistan's ISI. Ali was gunned down along with three associates in September 2002.
