Gangapur City: AGTF Team nabs terrorist on the run for ten years

Gangapur City: A team of Anti-Gangster Task Force on Friday arrested a terrorist who has been absconding for ten years, an official said.

ADG (Crime) Dinesh MN said that the force team took a major action and arrested terrorist Mohammad Merajuddin (31), a resident of Gangapur City, who was involved in terrorist activities and had a reward of Rs 25,000 on his head.

The Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) team has been searching for him for 10 years.

In 2014, he was part of a sleeper cell planning attacks across India; 13 terrorists were arrested, with 12 sentenced to life imprisonment. Merajuddin was on the run in Markaz, Okhla, Delhi, and districts of Gujarat & Raj. Of the total arrested, 12 have been sentenced to life imprisonment by the court, the ADG said. Acting on a tip-off, team nabbed him in Gangapur City. He was handed over to ATS for further action.