09-14-2006, 10:40 PM
<b>One more arrest for seizure of explosives in Nasik</b><!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->One more man was detained in connection with the seizure of explosives in Nasik, taking the total number of arrests to five, as a local court on Thursday remanded four of the accused to police custody till September 22.
Mohammed Khatib was arrested on Wednesday night in connection with seizure of gelatine sticks and detonators from a flat in Indira Nagar area, police said.
<b>Wasim Jabbar Ali Sayyad (23), Joheb Gulam Sarvarkhan (22) and Sameer Khan, who were arrested earlier, and Khatib </b>were remanded to police custody till September 22 by judge Chitra Hankare.
<b>Phirojkhan Hussainkhan Pathan alias Munnakhan, (24), </b>who was arrested on Tuesday, has been remanded to police custody till September 19, officials said.
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According to police, more arrests are likely. Police suspect the seizure was linked to the August 31 kidnapping of Juber Harun Rangrej, a resident of Nasik, who was abducted by four persons and was dumped near Trimbakeshwar after being shot.
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<b>Police have claimed the two seizures were not linked to the bomb blasts in Malegaon or to terrorist attacks.</b>
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Mohammed Khatib was arrested on Wednesday night in connection with seizure of gelatine sticks and detonators from a flat in Indira Nagar area, police said.
<b>Wasim Jabbar Ali Sayyad (23), Joheb Gulam Sarvarkhan (22) and Sameer Khan, who were arrested earlier, and Khatib </b>were remanded to police custody till September 22 by judge Chitra Hankare.
<b>Phirojkhan Hussainkhan Pathan alias Munnakhan, (24), </b>who was arrested on Tuesday, has been remanded to police custody till September 19, officials said.
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According to police, more arrests are likely. Police suspect the seizure was linked to the August 31 kidnapping of Juber Harun Rangrej, a resident of Nasik, who was abducted by four persons and was dumped near Trimbakeshwar after being shot.
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<b>Police have claimed the two seizures were not linked to the bomb blasts in Malegaon or to terrorist attacks.</b>
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