Overview

• On July 5, Andhra Pradesh Police publicly described Abubacker Siddique as a “big fish” in terror circles with advanced bomb-making expertise.
• Investigators said Siddique operated independently under Zakir Naik’s ideology, offering IED and electronic timer device skills to fellow radicals.
• During fresh searches on July 5 authorities seized documents and pen drives, supplementing earlier recoveries of digital timers, ball bearings, extremist literature and city maps.
• A parcel bomb linked to Siddique and his accomplice Mohammed Ali was safely disposed of by police on July 3.
• Both suspects remain in judicial custody as investigators trace their domestic and Gulf connections to map a broader extremist network.