08-16-2008, 01:35 PM
Press conference expected at 4PM in Ahmedabad.
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<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->Ahmedabad Crime Branch on Saturday (August 16) claimed that they have cracked the Ahmedabad serial blasts case. Sources said that eight people have been arrested in connection with the same.
SIMI activist Abdul Wasir, who is allegedly the mastermind behind the serial blasts, was arrested in Azamgharh in Uttar Pradesh today. Seven other SIMI activists were also arrested from different parts of the country, reportedly Kerela, Karnataka, Maharashtra and Gujarat.
"We have arrested more than eight people in connection with the serial bomb blasts in Ahmedabad," Joint Commissioner of Police Ashish Bhatia said.
Sources added that these activists had meetings in Vadodara, Mumbai and Ahmedabad before the blasts. It also added that meetings in Ahmedabad was held at activist Yunus's residence. The blasts may have been carried on as a revenge for the arrest of SIMI activist Safdar Nagori, added sources.
The Gujarat Police are reportedly going to hold are press conference for the same today evening. Sources said that the Ahmedabad police team is likely to go to Lucknow to pick up the suspects.
The explosives, which was used in the serial blasts, were procured outside the state and were reportedly assembled at Ahmedabad.
So far, 105 suspects have been reportedly cross questioned in the case so far. The Crime Branch had earlier apprehended one Abdul Halim soon after the explosions and he is currently in judicial custody.
Earlier, the investigators tracked the IP address of the terror e-mail to Navi Mumbai, an e-mail sent across to television channels prior to the blasts. Following which, the agencies have been active making various arrests and releasing sketches of different suspects, involved with the terror strike.
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http://timesnow.tv/Newsdtls.aspx?NewsID=13711
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->Ahmedabad Crime Branch on Saturday (August 16) claimed that they have cracked the Ahmedabad serial blasts case. Sources said that eight people have been arrested in connection with the same.
SIMI activist Abdul Wasir, who is allegedly the mastermind behind the serial blasts, was arrested in Azamgharh in Uttar Pradesh today. Seven other SIMI activists were also arrested from different parts of the country, reportedly Kerela, Karnataka, Maharashtra and Gujarat.
"We have arrested more than eight people in connection with the serial bomb blasts in Ahmedabad," Joint Commissioner of Police Ashish Bhatia said.
Sources added that these activists had meetings in Vadodara, Mumbai and Ahmedabad before the blasts. It also added that meetings in Ahmedabad was held at activist Yunus's residence. The blasts may have been carried on as a revenge for the arrest of SIMI activist Safdar Nagori, added sources.
The Gujarat Police are reportedly going to hold are press conference for the same today evening. Sources said that the Ahmedabad police team is likely to go to Lucknow to pick up the suspects.
The explosives, which was used in the serial blasts, were procured outside the state and were reportedly assembled at Ahmedabad.
So far, 105 suspects have been reportedly cross questioned in the case so far. The Crime Branch had earlier apprehended one Abdul Halim soon after the explosions and he is currently in judicial custody.
Earlier, the investigators tracked the IP address of the terror e-mail to Navi Mumbai, an e-mail sent across to television channels prior to the blasts. Following which, the agencies have been active making various arrests and releasing sketches of different suspects, involved with the terror strike.
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