Two terrorist suspects wanted by the anti-terrorism agency have been apprehended in Pune, police said.

Officials claimed on Wednesday that the Pune police apprehended two people sought by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) for their alleged involvement in a terror-related case in Rajasthan.

A municipal court, where they were brought, ordered them to be held in police custody until July 25.

The two, named as Mohammad Imran Mohammad Yunus Khan (23) and Mohammad Yunus Mohammad Yakub Saki (24), are graphic designers from Ratlam in Madhya Pradesh, according to the police in court.

They had previously stated that each carried a 5 lakh reward.

Meanwhile, police officials claimed the couple fled Ratlam after learning that their identities had surfaced in the investigation into the terror case in which several alleged Al-Sufa members were captured by Rajasthan police in the Madhya Pradesh state.

They arrived in Mumbai and remained in the Bhendi Bazaar area for two to three days before travelling to Pune’s Kondhwa region, according to sources, who added that the couple found work with the assistance of a local resident.

According to the sources, they befriended a third person, a Jharkhand native, who managed to flee when the duo was apprehended.

“These two came to Mumbai and after living in Bhendi Bazaar for two to three days, they moved to Pune and stayed in the Kondhwa area, where they took jobs, earning ₹ 8,000 each,” they said.