Police in the southern Indian state of Karnataka said on Friday they had foiled an attempt by suspected militants from Pakistan to blow up the local legislative assembly.
B.S. Sial, director general of police of the state, said two militants were arrested after a gunfight in Mysore, 150 kilometres (93 miles) south-west of the state capital Bangalore late Thursday.
"A satellite phone, a laptop and an AK-47 rifle was seized from them," Sial said. "Documents seized reveal they are from Pakistan."
Mysore police commissioner Pravin Sood said the two were travelling on a motorcycle when they were caught.
"Two policemen were injured in the gunfight which followed. On interrogation, the militants said they were part of an advance team to do a survey on how to blow up the legislative assembly in Bangalore," Sood told AFP.