02-08-2009, 04:07 AM
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin--><b>Nine arrested in connection with Bangalore blasts</b>
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PTI | Bangalore
Nearly six months after serial bomb blasts rocked the IT city killing one and injuring eight, nine persons belonging to a radical group in Kerala have been arrested in connection with the case.
<b>Abdul Sattar, Abdul Jabbar, Sarfudin, Sakariya from Mallapuram, Kerala and Mujeeb, Faizal, Abdul Jaleel, Manaf of Kannur, and Badruddin from Ernakulum </b>have been arrested for their alleged involvement in the July 2008 blasts, DGP Ajai Kumar Singh said.
<b>Four others involved in the blasts were killed in an encounter with the Indian army in Jammu and Kashmir while they were attempting to crossover to Pakistan between October 4 and 7. They were identified as Abdul Raheem, son-in-law of Sattar, Mohammad Fyas, Fayis and Mohammad Yasin from Kerala</b>, he said.
Police, however, did not reveal the name of the group they belonged to. Police also did not divulge anything regarding its association to any militant outfits like Lakshar-e-Toiba.
The module was "radicalised by general feeling of perceived injustice to Muslims in India due to Babri Masjid demolition and Godhra incident and Gujarat riots," the police officer said. <b>They decided (to trigger blasts) on Bangalore due to the iconic status it acquired after the IT boom and the economic prosperity and that it was BJP-ruled, they said.</b> <!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
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PTI | Bangalore
Nearly six months after serial bomb blasts rocked the IT city killing one and injuring eight, nine persons belonging to a radical group in Kerala have been arrested in connection with the case.
<b>Abdul Sattar, Abdul Jabbar, Sarfudin, Sakariya from Mallapuram, Kerala and Mujeeb, Faizal, Abdul Jaleel, Manaf of Kannur, and Badruddin from Ernakulum </b>have been arrested for their alleged involvement in the July 2008 blasts, DGP Ajai Kumar Singh said.
<b>Four others involved in the blasts were killed in an encounter with the Indian army in Jammu and Kashmir while they were attempting to crossover to Pakistan between October 4 and 7. They were identified as Abdul Raheem, son-in-law of Sattar, Mohammad Fyas, Fayis and Mohammad Yasin from Kerala</b>, he said.
Police, however, did not reveal the name of the group they belonged to. Police also did not divulge anything regarding its association to any militant outfits like Lakshar-e-Toiba.
The module was "radicalised by general feeling of perceived injustice to Muslims in India due to Babri Masjid demolition and Godhra incident and Gujarat riots," the police officer said. <b>They decided (to trigger blasts) on Bangalore due to the iconic status it acquired after the IT boom and the economic prosperity and that it was BJP-ruled, they said.</b> <!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
