Plot to throw grenades at public gatherings: Three arrested

For conspiring to hurl grenades at public gatherings, three people Abdul Zahed, Mohd Sameeuddin and Maaz Hasan Farooq have been arrested in Hyderabad's Malakpet. At the behest of Pakistan-based handlers, Zahed had recruited Samiuddin and Maaz Hasan.

According to report, Abdul Zahed was previously involved in several terror-related cases in Hyderabad, including a suicide attack on the Hyderabad City Police Commissioner's task force office, Begumpet in 2005. He was in regular touch with Pakistani ISI-LeT handlers.

Farhatullah Ghori, Siddique Bin Osman, Abdul Majeed, the three handlers of Abdul Zahed, had earlier fled India and settled in Pakistan - from where they have kept on attempting to radicalise local youth and execute terror attacks.

On Sunday, Abdul Zahed along with his associates received a consignment of four hand grenades and they were going to carry out sensational terror attacks in Hyderabad, Telangana.

"4 hand grenades recovered from their possession. Zahed received these grenades from his Pak-based handlers. He was planning to hurl these hand grenades targeting public gatherings through his group members, thereby causing terror and communal tension in the city," said Hyderabad Police, according to ANI news agency.

Abdul Zahed, in his confession, has revealed that Farhatulla Ghori, Abu Hamzala and Majeed revived their contacts with him and they motivated and financed Zahed to recruit and carry out terror attacks in Hyderabad again.