Doctor among terror suspects

Follow us:WhatsappFacebookTwitterTelegram.cls-1{fill:#4d4d4d;}.cls-2{fill:#fff;}Google NewsSix of the 11 persons arrested by the Bangalore CCB sleuths for suspected links with terror outfits Lashkar-e-Taiba and Harkat- ul-Jihad-al-Islami come from Hubli.One among them is the neighbour of Chief Minister Jagadish Shettar here. Police sources said Obedullah Imran Bahaddur alias Sameer alias Imran (24), is from Vasant Nagar here, Mohammed Sadiq Lashkar alias Raju (28), is from Mantoor Road area, Baba alias Mehbub Bagalkot (26), is from MD Colony in Yallapur Oni, Dr Jaffer Iqbal Sholapur (27), from Badaminagar, Wahid Hussain alias Sahil, (26), from Aaroodhanagara and Muti-ur-Rehman Siddiqui, from Hubli. Jaffer Iqbal’s house is situated near Shettar’s house. Jaffer got his MBBS degree from the Karnataka Institute of Medical Sciences. His wife is also a doctor. His mother Vahid is working in the Watershed Department in Udupi. Jaffer’s father Sheikh Rafiq Ahmed Sholapur said his son was not involved in any anti-national activities. “My son has a good character and is studious. The police have arrested him on false charges...,” he said. Wahid Hussain did his MBA at the Institute of Excellence in Management Science in Hubli. He had taken loan of `3 lakh for his education but not repaid it. The bank had served notices on him. Mehbub Bagalkot’s family members said the CCB police did not give them any reason for the arrest. Mehbub’s sister Zahida Begum said they had rented out their house at Soniya Gandhi Nagar to strangers a couple of months ago, and she suspected that something was wrong with them. Atha-ur-Rahman Siddiqui, brother of arrested journalist Muti-ur-Rehman Siddiqui, said: “I received the news that my brother was arrested on Wednesday. I was in Bijapur then.” His family members have left for Bangalore to seek information from the police. Imran, who completed a technical course at NTTF, Dharwad, had worked in some Gulf countries for a couple of years and returned home only six months ago. ‘My Sons Are Innocent’Following the arrest of Shohib Ahmed Mirza alias Chotu and his brother Ejaz Mohammed Mirza, their father A M Mirza alleged that the police had not informed them about the arrest and claimed that his sons were ‘framed’ by the police. He visited the DG & IGP’s office to get information about his sons. He told reporters, “Ejaz pursued his BE from Basaveshwara College in Bagalkot and had joined DRDO in January.”first published:August 31, 2012, 08:45 ISTlast updated:August 31, 2012, 08:45 IST 
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