Three terror suspects, who were arrested in connection with the 2013 firing case on cops, today produced before a local court at Puttur in Chittoor district of Andhra Pradesh.
Panna Ismail, Bilal Malik and Fakruddin alias 'Police' Fakruddin, were brought to Puttur on a transit warrant from Vellore jail in Tamil Nadu under tight security and were produced before the Judicial First Class Magistrate (JFCM) court, police said.
"They were produced before the JFCM court and shown as arrested. The court sent them to judicial custody and they were taken back to Vellore jail," Puttur Circle Inspector S Chandrasekhar said.
Ismail and Malik, activists owing allegiance to the banned al-Umma, were apprehended at Puttur on October 5, 2013 in an operation by a joint team of armed police personnel of Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh police's elite 'OCTOPUS' division when they surrounded a house there, close to the border with Tamil Nadu, and forced them to come out by using tear gas.
An Inspector was injured when he entered the house in disguise and was pulled in by the suspected militants while Ismail suffered bullet injuries when police fired in self- defence.
Malik's wife and three children (who were with the accused during the operation) safely came out later.
The arrest was followed by a huge haul of explosives, including magnetic bombs, in the house at Puttur while the police operation was preceded by the arrest of Fakruddin in Chennai.
Apart from 2011 Advani pipe bomb case (attempt to kill BJP veteran LK Advani), the arrested are believed to be involved in about half-a-dozen major crimes, including in the murders of BJP and Sangh Parivar unit leaders in Tamil Nadu.
