The Maharashtra Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) arrested two wanted terror accused, Ejaz Akram Shaikh and Ilyas Akarm Shaikh who were absconding for 13 years on December 13, reports IndiaToday. The accused were arrested from Burhanpur in Madhya Pradesh (MP) and Delhi and brought on transit remand to Mumbai where they were produced in court and remanded to police custody. The two terror suspects were arrested with the help of MP ATS and Delhi Police on the basis of a tip-off. The brothers were part of the module run by former General Secretary of Students' Islamic Movement of India (SIMI) SafdarNagori, along with terror convict Ehtesham Siddiqui and Abdul Subhan Qureshi aliasTauqeer who is also known as Osama Bin Laden of India.
The accused, allegedly fled from Mumbai after the 2006 serial train blast in the city. The ATS Maharashtra had booked the accused duo for anti-national terror activities in 2006 after a crackdown on members of the banned terror outfit SIMI and its offshoot Indian Mujahideen (IM) was initiated by security agencies.