Hyderabad: Mohammed Amjad alias Khaja,
the most wanted "terror operative" and South India chief of
Harkat-ul-Jihad-al-Islami (HuJI-Bangladesh), had come to
Hyderabad to re-activate the "terror" network, a senior police
officials said on Wednesday.
"It is understood that he (Khaja) was trying to
activate terror network...," Hyderabad City Police
Commissioner B Prasada Rao told reporters here.
Asked if Khaja contacted any sleeper Cells in
Hyderabad city, Prasada Rao said "further information on what
more he (Khaja) was planning will be elicited after taking
him into police custody."
Reacting to another query if Khaja had any specific
plans to trigger terror attack in Hyderabad on Republic Day,
the city police chief said Khaja was not forthcoming with so
many details, adding "it is possible that he was trying to get
in contact with his associates and police would investigate in
that regard".
Khaja who was arrested by the city police on Monday
last has alleged links with terror outfits LeT,
Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM), Indian Mujahideen and he is under
judicial remand till February 1.
PTI
First Published: Wednesday, January 20, 2010, 22:24