A fruit merchant with suspected links with the Islamic State (IS) terror group was arrested in Karnataka’s Koppal district, police said on Monday.<\/p>\n
The arrested person was identified as Shabbir Mandalagiri, a resident of Binnigida region in Gangavathy town, where he worked.<\/p>\n
According to the police, Mandalagiri had ties with Maaz Munir and Syed Yasin, the two terror suspects who were arrested earlier.<\/p>\n
Mandalagiri’s residence was raided on Sunday midnight after which he was arrested, the police added.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, the Shivamogga police investigating the case have intensified operations to nab Mohammad Shariq, a cloth salesman, who is the kingpin in Karnataka.<\/p>\n
Shariq managed to escape after the arrest of Maaz Munir and Syed Yasin.<\/p>\n
The arrested terror suspects confessed to having conducted trial blasts successfully on the banks of Tunga Bhadra River and burnt Indian flag.<\/p>\n
They wanted to establish a caliphate in India by overthrowing the present Central government, said the police.<\/p>\n
They radicalised educated youth to raise their voices to establish an Islamic state in India.<\/p>\n
Investigations have also revealed that the accused wanted to implement the Sharia law.<\/p>\n
The accused came into the limelight after the arrest of Jabiulla in connection with a stabbing case following the row over the Veer Savarkar flex row in Shivamogga.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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