Bengaluru

A suspected terrorist set to join the global terror group Al Qaeda was arrested in Bengaluru on Sunday night.

During preliminary probe it was revealed that the youth from Assam had pledged support to waging a jihad against the country.

On Sunday night, sleuths of the Central Crime Branch's (CCB) Special Wing in coordination with the Internal Security Division (ISD) and Intelligence Wing arrested him from Tilaknagar locality in the city following a tip-off over his presence there.

He has been identified as Akthar Hussain from Assam. Besides Hussain, four other persons were also detained.

According to the local police, Hussain made contacts with global terror outfits via social media platforms.

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He was then contacted by the outfits after which Hussain was set to move to Kashmir and from there, he was planning to meet Al Qaeda operatives.