Central Crime Branch (CCB) that busted an alleged terror module in Bengaluru, has taken custody of T. Nazir, accused in the 2008 Bengaluru serial bomb blasts and 34 other terror cases. He allegedly radicalised a gang of career criminals in Parappana Agrahara Central prison, who in turn put together the alleged module. The court has remanded him into 8 days of police custody.
Given that the alleged kingpin of the module, Junaid Ahmed, is still at large, and the five arrested from Bengaluru are reportedly foot soldiers with no idea of the larger picture, the police are relying heavily on T. Nazir to provide them insights into the alleged terror plot.
“The five arrested persons seem to know little of the larger conspiracy. All they do is point fingers at Junaid, whom we are yet to nab. Given that Junaid is abdconding, it is only Nazir who can give us some leads. We are also looking into the possibility of Junaid having other handlers, apart from Nazir, and in that case, whether Nazir put him onto them,” a senior official said.
