Madhya Pradesh Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) on Saturday arrested five persons, suspected to have links with banned Students Islamic Movement of India (SIMI) in Seoni district. A cache of crude bombs and firearms, besides some literature related to SIMI have been recovered from their possession.
Giving this information, police officials said that links of the arrested youths with leaders of the banned Student Islamic Movement of India were being probed. Those arrested have been identified as Azharuddin, Naeem, Kaleem, Afroz and Kaleemuddin, all aged between 20 and 25.
A total of 126 crude bombs, two country-made revolvers, 10 rounds of cartridges and one sword have been seized from their possession along with some literature, police said.
The youths were held on the basis of intelligence inputs that they were manufacturing and testing bombs at a barren field in Seoni.