Reports: Indian Authorities Thwart Terror Attack On OutsourcersReports: Indian Authorities Thwart Terror Attack On Outsourcers

Indian authorities arrested a man who was plotting attacks on major outsourcing companies located in the tech hot spot of Bangalore, several Indian newspapers reported on Friday.

The man, a suspected member of a Kashmiri separatist group, was arrested early Friday near Bangalore. At the time, he was carrying an assault rifle, 300 rounds of ammunition, and a map marking the location of headquarters for outsourcing company Infosys Technologies, according to India's Financial Express. India's Business Express reported that the man also was targeting Wipro Technologies.

The papers reported that the man also may have been planning to attack Bangalore's international airport.

Spokesmen for Wipro and Infosys weren't immediately available to comment.

Because of its prominence as a national source of revenue, India's outsourcing sector is becoming a favorite target of dissident terrorist groups, including those seeking Kashmir's secession from the country.

Last year, members of the Lashkar-e-Taiba terrorist group were found with plans targeting IT companies in Bangalore. In December 2005, a professor was killed and several others were wounded at a science conference in the city by a gunman with possible ties to a terrorist group, according to police.