Saturday, January 21 2006 12:50 Hrs (IST) - World Time -

Bangalore: The Bangalore police have seized a cache of explosives from two Lashkar-e-Toiba militants who allegedly had planned to carry out a series of blasts in various software companies here.

"We have seized 17 electronic detonators, 20 gelatin sticks, 120 gel sicks, three hand grenades, packets of iron pellets and books on Jehad", police sources said today (Jan 21,2006).

The two militants, Afsar Pasha and Irfan, associates ofAbdul Rehman, alleged top LeT militant, were arrested by the police yesterday in connection with the terror attack at the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) campus here on December 28.

The seizure was made following a detailed interrogation of Pasha and Irfan and the arms were found buried in a field at Chintamani in Kolar district.

Pasha worked as a mechanic in Chintamani while Irfan was a moulvi from Uttar Pradesh and a resident of Mulbagal, they said.

Interrogations revealed that Pasha was involved in a bombblast in Dhaka in 2003 and had planned to plant explosives in some of the software companies here, police said.

The duo were being questioned for the last few days and were arrested yesterday (Jan 21,2006).