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Arrest of terrorists a weekend of 'major successes': Govt

Published: Sunday, Mar 14, 2010, 19:26 IST
Place: New Delhi | Agency: PTI

The government today termed it a weekend of "major successes" with the arrest of terrorists and militants in Gujarat, Maharashtra and Manipur.

While the Maharashtra ATS arrested two terror suspects Abdul Latif alias Guddu and Riyaz Ali from Mumbai, the Gujarat ATS arrested Bashir Ahmed Baba alias "Pepsi bomber" from Anand while in Manipur, the chief of Kanglei Yawol Kunna Lup (KYKL)
was arrested by security forces.

"This weekend we have had three major successes. One module has been busted in Maharashtra in Mumbai, which the Maharashtra ATS has already made statement.... We have another module being busted in Gujarat of the Hizbul Mujahideen and KYKL chief of the army has been arrested in Manipur also... so it's been good...," Union home secretary GK Pillai said.

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