Hizb ultras to be taken to Delhi

By Our Staff Reporter

HYDERABAD, AUG. 1. The seven Hizb-ul-Mujahideen activists arrested by the city police here on Tuesday, are wanted in a criminal case under the Kamla Market police station limits in New Delhi. Four other Hizb militants, who were accused in this case and were reportedly responsible for a series of bomb blasts in Delhi and Uttar Pradesh, had been arrested by the Delhi police on Monday.

The arrested are being produced before the Court to obtain a transit warrant for taking them to Delhi, the Commissioner of Police, Mr. P. Ramulu, said in a press release here on Wednesday.

All the seven activists picked up by the Hyderabad police were residing in a flat AC Guards, in the heart of the city. On their interrogation, it was revealed that they belonged to Jammu and Kashmir and owed allegiance to the Hizb-ul- Mujahideen. Some of those apprehended are pursuing studies in the city for the last one to six years.

The arrested persons are Naseer Ahmed Lone alias Saba (24), lab technician, Md. Naeem Lone alias Seta (20), BCA student, Md. Salim Lone (21), BCA student, Altaf Hussain Shah (21), BCA student, Noorul Shahin Khan (24), MCA student, Shoukat Ahmed Malik (26), X-ray technician and Nazir Ahmed Dar (20), student in Pune Agricultural College.

Before coming to Hyderabad, Naseer Ahmed Lone worked with the Hizb group and studied Imageology in the city. Altaf is a close relative of Gulam Mohiuddin, an important Hizb leader who was arrested by the Delhi police on Monday. Gulam motivated Altaf and others to work for the militant outfit.

Altaf was regularly interacting with Gulam Mohiuddin and was waiting along with his associates for his arrival to begin their terrorist activities. Mohiuddin had told Altaf that ``after doing some action'' in Delhi on July 25, he would come down to Hyderabad and had also sought a shelter in the city.

Police said major sabotage operations were averted with the arrest of these activists.

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