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Serial blasts case solved, claim Gujarat Police
NDTV Correspondent
Saturday, August 16, 2008, (Ahmedabad)
The Ahmedabad crime branch claims to have cracked the multiple blasts that rocked the city on July 26.
At least nine people, mainly SIMI activist from Kerala, Karnataka, Maharashtra and Gujarat, have been arrested.
Before the blasts, the suspects held several meetings in Vadodara and Ahmedabad.
According to sources, a meeting was held at the place of a SIMI activist Yunus in Ahmedabad. The explosives, which were assembled in Ahmedabad, were procured from outside the city.
At least 56 people were killed in the 21 blasts that hit Ahmedabad. The blasts were of low-intensity and considered similar to the ones that exploded in Bangalore on July 25.
Azamgarh link
The police have also released the photo of a man arrested in Azamgarh in UP in connection with the Ahmedabad blasts.
He's been identified as Abul Bashar Ilahi. He was a teacher in a madarsa in Hyderabad and was visiting his village. His family has denied that he had any link to the Ahmedabad blasts.
NDTV correspondents have covered the story all around the country and intelligence sources have told NDTV that there was intricate plan behind the blasts.
The plot
# A training camp was held at Ernakulam from December 8-10, 2007 and again in first week of January 2008.
# According to sources 20 students from Hubli, Belgaum and Bangalore attended this camp
# They were trained under SIMI Chief Safdar Nagori
# Here they were taught how to assemble explosives with easily available materials by bomb expert Altaf Subhan
# Intelligence agencies believe at least some of those trained here were involved in the Jaipur blasts
NDTV.com: Serial blasts case solved, claim Gujarat Police
NDTV Correspondent
Saturday, August 16, 2008, (Ahmedabad)
The Ahmedabad crime branch claims to have cracked the multiple blasts that rocked the city on July 26.
At least nine people, mainly SIMI activist from Kerala, Karnataka, Maharashtra and Gujarat, have been arrested.
Before the blasts, the suspects held several meetings in Vadodara and Ahmedabad.
According to sources, a meeting was held at the place of a SIMI activist Yunus in Ahmedabad. The explosives, which were assembled in Ahmedabad, were procured from outside the city.
At least 56 people were killed in the 21 blasts that hit Ahmedabad. The blasts were of low-intensity and considered similar to the ones that exploded in Bangalore on July 25.
Azamgarh link
The police have also released the photo of a man arrested in Azamgarh in UP in connection with the Ahmedabad blasts.
He's been identified as Abul Bashar Ilahi. He was a teacher in a madarsa in Hyderabad and was visiting his village. His family has denied that he had any link to the Ahmedabad blasts.
NDTV correspondents have covered the story all around the country and intelligence sources have told NDTV that there was intricate plan behind the blasts.
The plot
# A training camp was held at Ernakulam from December 8-10, 2007 and again in first week of January 2008.
# According to sources 20 students from Hubli, Belgaum and Bangalore attended this camp
# They were trained under SIMI Chief Safdar Nagori
# Here they were taught how to assemble explosives with easily available materials by bomb expert Altaf Subhan
# Intelligence agencies believe at least some of those trained here were involved in the Jaipur blasts
NDTV.com: Serial blasts case solved, claim Gujarat Police
For Indians it always ISI being involved one way or the other.
