Two held in Bangalore blasts case

PTI

Bangalore/Kasargod, 17 October 2010: A suspected LeT militant and another person have been arrested from Rajasthan and Kerala for their alleged involvement in the 2008 Bangalore bomb blasts.

 

The two had played an active role in the blasts, but right now we cannot state what exactly was the nature of their roles. This will be more clear after a detailed investigation, police sources in Bangalore said today.

 

One of the accused has been identified as Umar Farooq, who was arrested from Ajmer, and the other as Ibrahim Moulavi, a cleric from Kasargod, they said.

 

Moulavi (48), a suspected LeT militant, was arrested by Karnataka’s Anti-Terrorist Squad last night at Badiyadukka in the district, police in Kasargod district of Kerala said.

 

"We have been trying to track both of them for the last two months. We have been working on the leads for long," the sources at Bangalore said, adding chargesheet has already been filed against the duo.

 

Two different teams had been deployed to arrest the accused in the blasts, they said, adding they would be brought to Bangalore shortly.

 

The serial blasts in July 2008 had left one killed and 20 injured.

 

Hailing from Vellimunda of Wayanad district of Kerala, Ibrahim had been residing at Badiyadukka for the last one-and-a-half years, police at Kasargod said.

 

He was also allegedly involved in the Ernakulam Collectorate bomb blast in July last year and also in the recruitment of youths for militant activities in Kashmir, police said. None was injured in the Collectorate bomb blast that was triggered by an improvised explosive device.

 

The ATS has taken Ibrahim Moulavi to Bangalore, police said.

 

On August 17, Karnataka police had arrested Peoples Democratic Party leader (PDP) leader Abdul Naseer Madani, an accused in the Bangalore blasts, from Kollam in Kerala.