Police said they arrested the accused on Tuesday night and took them to 15 days of police custody for questioning.
The accused wanted to carry out the explosion and other terrorism charges in the city, they said.
The five accused were brainwashed by LeT operative T Naseer arrested for his alleged role in 2008 serial bomb blast case in Bengaluru and stationed in the judicial custody of Bengaluru central prison.
The five accused — who had been arrested in 2017 in connection with a murder case — had met Naseer in judicial custody, where the latter radicalised them, police said.
News Summary:
★Five men have been arrested in Bengaluru on terrorism charges.
★Seven country-made pistols and 45 rounds of bullets were recovered from them.
★The accused had been brainwashed by a LeT operative and were planning to carry out explosions in the city.
★They had met the operative while in judicial custody.
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