Accused of fixing timer devices on bombs that rang through Banagalore and Gujarat last year Abdul Sattar, from Mallapuram, Kerala, was produced before the chief metropolitan magistrate in Hyderabad on Wednesday, before being handed over to Karnataka police on a prisoner transit warrant.
Sattar is allegedly a close associate of Riyaz Bhatkal and was heading the Southern brigade of the Indian Mujahiddin.
According to sources, Sattar was picked up from his house in Kishanbagh in the old city a few days ago by the State Counter Intelligence Cell after a tip-off.
Sleuths from four states -- AP, Karnataka, Kerala and Maharashtra -- grilled him before declaring his arrest.
Bangalore police will now interrogate Sattar, before handing him over to Surat police. Sattar has told interrogators that as radio mechanic he learned how to make an effective circuit that could be used in bombs.
The arrest is likely to lead inputs on the whereabouts of IM kingpin Riyaz Bhatkal.
The breakthrough of Sattar's whereabouts came when Kerala police arrested Ghouse last year.
In his statement, Ghouse had told investigators about Sattar's expertise in fixing timers.
Sattar is wanted by Karnataka, Gujarat, Delhi, Maharashtra and Kerala police.
Sattar is allegedly a close associate of Riyaz Bhatkal and was heading the Southern brigade of the Indian Mujahiddin.
According to sources, Sattar was picked up from his house in Kishanbagh in the old city a few days ago by the State Counter Intelligence Cell after a tip-off.
Sleuths from four states -- AP, Karnataka, Kerala and Maharashtra -- grilled him before declaring his arrest.
Bangalore police will now interrogate Sattar, before handing him over to Surat police. Sattar has told interrogators that as radio mechanic he learned how to make an effective circuit that could be used in bombs.
The arrest is likely to lead inputs on the whereabouts of IM kingpin Riyaz Bhatkal.
The breakthrough of Sattar's whereabouts came when Kerala police arrested Ghouse last year.
In his statement, Ghouse had told investigators about Sattar's expertise in fixing timers.
Sattar is wanted by Karnataka, Gujarat, Delhi, Maharashtra and Kerala police.
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