One More Terror Suspect Held in Karnataka

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From 'The Hindu News Update Service': Syed Sameer, another activist of the banned Students Islamic Movement of India (SIMI), has been picked up by Karnataka police after keeping him under surveillance for a long time, a Corps of Detectives (CoD) official said. "We have been keeping track of Sameer's activities," the official said on Tuesday after the dealer in aluminium and scrap business was picked up on Monday from his home at Gurappanapalya here. The CoD had been on the look out for Sameer following interrogations of Yahya Kammakutty, suspected to be his close associate, who was arrested recently. Sameer has been an "active SIMI activist" and he had come under a shadow of doubt, which prompted the police to monitor him. On why the city police had not arrested him earlier, the CoD official said, "At that time it was not required". The police kept a close watch on him, and arrested him now when there were strong reasons to suspect his involvement with, and possible links to, a terror network, he said.