10-30-2006, 11:27 PM
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Pioneer.com
TN Raghunatha | Mumbai
In the <b>first arrest linked to the recent serial blasts at Malegaon, the police have arrested a 25-year-old SIMI activist, Noor-ul-Hooda, for allegedly planting a cocktail of explosives comprising RDX, ammonium nitrate and lubricant in bicycles</b>.
Hooda has been remanded to police custody till November 3. The explosives-laden bicycles, parked in front of a mosque and the adjoining "Bada Kabristan" at Mushaira Chowk in the communally-sensitive town in Nashik district, had gone off on September 8, 2006, killing 37 people and injuring several others.
Briefing media persons at the State police headquarters, Director General of Police PS Pasricha said the police would also seek the remand of another accused, Shabbir Batterywalla, who is currently in custody in connection with another case, in the Malegaon blasts case.
While confirming that Hooda was a SIMI activist, Dr Pasricha declined to hazard a guess as to which other militant outfit he was linked to.
Pascricha said the arrest of Batterywala in the September 12, 2006 "hoax bomb" incident at Malegaon led to the arrest of Hooda in the serial blasts case<b>. "We had sent the samples recovered from the hoax bomb site (a shopping centre) and that from the September 8 blast sites to the forensic laboratories for analysis. The analysis established that there was similarities in the two samples</b>," he said.
<b>On Batterywala's role in the Malegaon blasts, Paricha said he was a conspirator, </b>because his godown had been used to store the explosives.
He did not say whether Hooda or Batterywala had visited Pakistan or Bangladesh for training. "We have arrested the first man now. It is not proper for me to speak out of turn," he added.
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Azmi was blaming Hindus and whole media was blaminig VHP, Bajarang Dal. Its time they should hang their head in shame.
Pioneer.com
TN Raghunatha | Mumbai
In the <b>first arrest linked to the recent serial blasts at Malegaon, the police have arrested a 25-year-old SIMI activist, Noor-ul-Hooda, for allegedly planting a cocktail of explosives comprising RDX, ammonium nitrate and lubricant in bicycles</b>.
Hooda has been remanded to police custody till November 3. The explosives-laden bicycles, parked in front of a mosque and the adjoining "Bada Kabristan" at Mushaira Chowk in the communally-sensitive town in Nashik district, had gone off on September 8, 2006, killing 37 people and injuring several others.
Briefing media persons at the State police headquarters, Director General of Police PS Pasricha said the police would also seek the remand of another accused, Shabbir Batterywalla, who is currently in custody in connection with another case, in the Malegaon blasts case.
While confirming that Hooda was a SIMI activist, Dr Pasricha declined to hazard a guess as to which other militant outfit he was linked to.
Pascricha said the arrest of Batterywala in the September 12, 2006 "hoax bomb" incident at Malegaon led to the arrest of Hooda in the serial blasts case<b>. "We had sent the samples recovered from the hoax bomb site (a shopping centre) and that from the September 8 blast sites to the forensic laboratories for analysis. The analysis established that there was similarities in the two samples</b>," he said.
<b>On Batterywala's role in the Malegaon blasts, Paricha said he was a conspirator, </b>because his godown had been used to store the explosives.
He did not say whether Hooda or Batterywala had visited Pakistan or Bangladesh for training. "We have arrested the first man now. It is not proper for me to speak out of turn," he added.
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Azmi was blaming Hindus and whole media was blaminig VHP, Bajarang Dal. Its time they should hang their head in shame.