The five persons suspected to be part of a terror module that was busted by the Central Crime Branch (CCB) on Wednesday were radicalised by LeT operative T. Nazir arrested in connection with the 2008 serial bomb blasts in Bengaluru in the Central Prison at Parappana Agrahara in Bengaluru, according to police sources.
The suspects — Syed Suhel Khan, 24, Mohammed Umar, 29, Zahid Tabarej, 25, Syed Mudaseer Pasha, 28, and Mohammed Fazil, 30 — were working as mechanics and drivers. They were arrested by R.T. Nagar police in 2017 in connection with the kidnap and murder of a businessman, Noor Ahmed, along with the prime accused, Junaid Ahmed.
Twenty-one persons were arrested in the murder case. From among them, Nazir and Junaid selected five, and created a terror module during their 18-month incarceration.
