Hyderabad : Terror attack foiled by Hyderabad City Police. Three arrested, Four hand grenades recovered.
Police claim that Abdul Zahed was in touch with Pakistan ISI and conspired to cause terror acts including blasts and lone wolf attacks in Hyderabad. The arrested people have been identified as Abdul Zahed, Samiuddin alias Sami, and Maaz Hasan.
Abdul Zahed, a resident Musarambagh Malakpet was Previously involved in several terror related cases in Hyderabad . He recently revived his contacts with his Pakistani ISI again, conspired to cause terror acts including blasts and lone wolf attacks in Hyderabad City to create terror among the minds of common public.
On 2 October, Abdul Zahed along with his associates received a consignment of four hand grenades and were going to carry out sensational terror attacks in Hyderabad, Telangana. The Hyderabad police acted swiftly and apprehended three persons from Malakpet.
Abdul Zahed alias Motu aged 39 years is a resident of Moosarambagh in Malakpet, Mohd. Sameeuddin alias Abdul Sami aged 39 years is a businessman living in Akber Bagh, Saidabad, and Maaz Hasan aged 29 years is a resident of Humayun nagar, Mehdipatnam.
According to the police, Abdul Zahed previously involved in several terror related cases in Hyderabad including suicide attack on the Hyderabad City Police Commissioner’s task force office Begumpet in 2005. He was in regular touch with Pakistani ISI-LeT handlers.
During the search, four hand grenades were recovered from the possession of above persons which Zahed received from his Pakistan based handlers. He was planning to hurl these hand grenades targeting public gatherings through his group members, thereby causing terror and communal tension in the city.
Two hand grenades, net cash worth Rs. 3,91,800 and 2 mobile phones were seized from Zahed. One hand grenade, net cash worth Rs: 1,50,000 , one mobile phone and one bullet motor cycle were seized from Sami, and one hand grenade and two mobile phones were seized from Maaz Hasan.
