Hyderabad: The city police have arrested another suspected ISI agent in old city area in Hyderabad on April 22, taking the total number of arrests since last week to seven including, five assassins of former Gujarat Home Minister Haren Pandya.

The sleuths of Central Crime Station (CCS) announced the arrest of Mubasshir Hussain (24), a resident of Kurmaguda in Saidabad, who underwent training in handling firearms and manufacturing of improvised explosive device, police sources said on April 22.

Hussain was sent to Pakistan along with other members by Rauf-- one of the assassins of Pandya, police said.

All the arrested were part of a 15-member gang which called itself 'Muslim Defence Force' with specific mission of eliminating important leaders in the country.

PTI