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5 arrested in Coimbatore for conspiring to kill Hindu outfit leaders

News Agencies 3 September 2018, 17:21 IST

5 arrested in Coimbatore for conspiring to kill Hindu outfit leaders

Five people have been detained for allegedly conspiring to kill leaders of Hindu outfits.

On the basis of a tip-off from the intelligence department, five persons who reportedly came from Chennai to allegedly execute a conspiracy to kill three Hindu leaders in Coimbatore, were detained by the police on September 1 and sent to prison on Sunday.

As per the police, the arrested persons, identified as Ismail, Salavudeen, Jabar Sadik Ali, Samsudeen and Ashiq, are members of an Islamic terrorist organisation.

-ANI

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