A suspected Hizbul Mujahideen terrorist has been arrested here following a joint operat෴ion by the Karnataka and Jammu & Kashmir police.
According to police, the accused T﷽alib Hussain had fled Jammu and Kashmir with his wife and children as the hunt for him was intensified by the armed forces, and was hiding in Karnataka’s Bengaluru.
A suspected Hizbul Mujahideen terrorist has been arrested here following a joint operat෴ion by the Karnataka and Jammu & Kashmir police.
The 🌜accused, Talib Hussain was arrested on June 5, pol⭕ice sources said on Tuesday.
According to sources, Hussain had fled Jammu and Kashmir with his wife and children as the hunt for him was intensified by the armed forc🤡es, and was hiding in Bengaluru.
Hꦑussain had allegedly taken shelter at a mosque in Srirampura here and used to deliver sermons during Friday prayers.
Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai today🦩 confir📖med Hussain's arrest from the city.
Asked if the terrorist was arrested, Bommai told reportཧer🌳s, "Yes."
"Generally police keep an eye on people like them. We will provide whatever assistance is required to the Jammu and Kashmir police. In the past too, such arre♏sts had taken place in Sirsi and Bhatkal."
"The Jammu a💝nd Kashmir police have taken this very seriousl𒆙y,” he explained.
Meanwhile, Home Minister Araga Jnanendra said the state police has beg🍰un a probe following Hussain's arrest.
“The state po♚lice are coordinating with their Jammꦬu and Kashmir counterparts and intensified investigation to identify those individuals and organisations, which harboured him,” he said.
Stringent action will b💛e taken and cases will be registered against those local individuals who gave the suspec🐻ted terrorist refuge, provided mobile phone and helped procure documents.
He also said a police team left for Jammu and Kashmir🧸 today.
(With PTI inputs)