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Pandya case: AP police arrest another ISI agent
April 22, 2003 16:05 IST
The Hyderabad police have arrested another suspected ISI [Inter Services Intelligence] agent in the old city area on Monday, taking the total number of arrests since last week to seven, which included five assassins of former Gujarat Home Minister Haren Pandya.
The sleuths of Central Crime Station announced the arrest of Mubasshir Hussain, 24, a resident of Kurmaguda in Saidabad, who underwent training in handling firearms and manufacturing of improvised explosive device, police sources said on Tuesday.
According to the police, Rauf, one of the Pandya's assassins had sent Hussain along with other members to Pakistan.
All the arrested were part of a 15-member gang know as the 'Muslim Defence Force' with the mission to eliminate important leaders in the country.
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