05-28-2007, 08:28 AM
<b>Cleric arrested with arms, police probe Hyderabad blast link </b><!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->Ahmedabad, May 27: A city-based cleric was arrested and some arms and ammunition were allegedly seized from his house in Juhapura area, police said today.
The arrested person, an imam, is also being probed for his links with some persons in Hyderabad but police were denying any connection yet with the may 18 blast in a mosque in the Andhra Pradesh capital.
A raid was conducted at his house following a tip off from an unidentified person and also a verbal complaint by one of his wives who alleged he had kept arms and ammunition at home and was involved in 'jehadi' activities, a senior crime branch official told reporters.
The seizures included a pistol, parts of a rocket launcher and some magazines, the official said, adding they were similar to the kind of crude arms seized from across the city after the post-Godhra communal riots in 2002.
"No link has been established between the imam and the Hyderabad mosque blast. He knew some people there and his wife has claimed that he spoke to people there after the blast. All this is under investigation," the official said.
Two mobile phones seized from the cleric were also being scrutinised. A case under the Arms Act has been registered against him. <!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
The arrested person, an imam, is also being probed for his links with some persons in Hyderabad but police were denying any connection yet with the may 18 blast in a mosque in the Andhra Pradesh capital.
A raid was conducted at his house following a tip off from an unidentified person and also a verbal complaint by one of his wives who alleged he had kept arms and ammunition at home and was involved in 'jehadi' activities, a senior crime branch official told reporters.
The seizures included a pistol, parts of a rocket launcher and some magazines, the official said, adding they were similar to the kind of crude arms seized from across the city after the post-Godhra communal riots in 2002.
"No link has been established between the imam and the Hyderabad mosque blast. He knew some people there and his wife has claimed that he spoke to people there after the blast. All this is under investigation," the official said.
Two mobile phones seized from the cleric were also being scrutinised. A case under the Arms Act has been registered against him. <!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->