Published Feb 11, 2023 | 6:33 PM ⚊ Updated Feb 11, 2023 | 6:35 PM
The police arrested Mohammed Arif from Thanisandra in Bengaluru, Karnataka Home Minister Araga Jnanendra said. File photo shows Jnanendra at a blast site in Mangaluru (Supplied)
A man from Aligarh who had links to international terror outfits and wanted to fly to Syria has been arrested in Bengaluru. Karnataka Home Minister Araga Janendra said the man was arrested following specific inputs.
“Yesterday [10 February 2023] night, the police arrested a man Mohammed Arif from Thanisandra in Bengaluru following specific inputs. He is being interrogated,” he said in a statement.
He also said the police got information that he had links with international terror outfits.
Jnanendra said the action was taken in a joint operation by central intelligence agencies and state police in a coordinated manner. Arif had even planned a foreign trip when he was caught.
“Anyone trying to associate himself with organisations that want to disturb peace and harmony by instigating communal sentiments and weaken India will be subdued,” Jnanendra said.
Sources close to the minister said Arif hailed from Aligarh in Uttar Pradesh and had settled in Bengaluru four years ago. He has a wife and two children. He was planning to fly to Syria when he was caught.
The police last year busted a Shivamogga-based IS-inspired terror module that had carried out blasts in Tunga river. One of its alleged operatives carried out a blast in an auto on 19 November 2022.
