Key terror accused caught in Kerala

The Kerala Police turned their spotlight on Sainudheen after his involvement in the recent terror recruiting from the state was exposed in the wake of the killing of four militants in Kashmir.

Sainudheen,who has been involved in terrorist activities for over a decade,has reportedly undergone LeT training. Abdul Raheem,one of the four suspected LeT militants from Kerala who were killed in Kashmir last October,was the son-in-law of Sainudheen.

Abdul Jabber,who escaped during the encounter at Kupwara,was his brother-in-law. According to sources,Sainudheens arrest may lead to clues about the funding of terror activities in Kerala,which the state police has not been able to crack thus far.

It was almost certain that integrated circuits used in bombs recovered from Surat last July were supplied by Sainudheen. The Gujarat police had recovered 29 live bombs from Surat,close on the heels of the Ahmedabad blasts in July.

Probe had then revealed that the Surat bombs did not go off due to any technical fault and that power supply to the detonators through the circuit had not been strong enough to cause an explosion. Sainudheen,an expert in electronics,was suspected to have provided technical assistance to the Bangalore blasts on July 25.

The Kerala Anti-Terror Squad had found that the four slain militants had undergone religious indoctrination in Hyderabad. Police sources said Sainudheen,who had been camping in Hyderabad,might have arranged for training of the recruits.

Sainudheen,known under several names,was also an accused in the case related to the recovery of pipe bombs from Malappuram in 1993. Since then,he had been absconding. His name also came up in relation to the twin blasts in bus stands in Kozhikode in 2006.