BANGALORE: A suspected operative of the banned terrorist outfit Lashkar-e-Toiba was arrested by the Central Crime Branch (CCB) police in Adugodi here on Monday evening. The suspected terrorist has been identified as Syed Abdul Rehman alias Abdur Rehman alias Abdul Rehman, 25, a resident of Tipu Nagar in Chamarajpet. A pistol, found in his possession, has been seized.Investigations revealed that Rehman was in constant touch with LeT in Pakistan and he was all set to fly to Pakistan to get jihadi training. He allegedly had plans to introduce more youth to LeT and disturb communal harmony in the city besides murdering Hindu leaders and get arrested terror suspects out by attacking policemen. In a press conference held on Tuesday, City Police Commissioner B G Jyothiprakash Mirji said that Rehman was into two-wheeler lifting and house thefts since his childhood. “Besides, he was also an arms dealer who supplied pistols to notorious rowdy Ikram alias Akram, who was killed in a police encounter last year. On charges of illegal arms dealing, he was arrested and sent to Parappana Agrahara Central Prison. There he came in contact with Fahad, a suspected Al-Badr operative who was arrested by Mysore police, and Afsar, a terror suspect arrested by Sadashivanagar police,” Mirji explained.“The duo brainwashed Rehman about jihad. About four months ago, he was released on bail and went absconding. LeT leaders have also funded him to recruit more youth to the outfit. They had plans to attack policemen while they take Fahad, who is in Gulbarga jail, to court and help him escape with others,” he stated.
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