A suspected Hizbul Mujahideen terrorist has been arrested here following a joint operation by thꦫe 🥀Karnataka and Jammu & Kashmir police.
The accused, Talib Hussain was arreste𝕴d on༺ June 5, police 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 force🌌s, and was hiding in Bengaluru.
Hussain had allegedly taken shelter at a mosque in Srirampura here and used to deliver💞 sermons during Friday prayers.
Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai today confirmedജ Hussain's arrest from the city.
Asked if the terrorist was arrestedꦜ, Bommai told reporters, "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 arrests 🤡had taken place in Sirsi and Bhatkal."
"The Jammu and Kashmir police have taken this very 🔴seriously✅,” he explained.
Meanwhile, Home Ministerﷺ Araga Jnanendra said the state police has begun a probe following Hussain's arrest.
“The state police are coordinating with their Jammu and Kashmir counterparts and intensified investigation to identify those individuals and organis๊ations, which harboured 🌠him,” he said.
Stringent action will be taken and cases will be registered against those local individuals w💖ho gave the suspected terrorist refuge, provided mobile𝐆 phone and helped procure documents.
He also said a ꦓpolice team left for Jammu and Kashmir today.
(With PTI inputs)
