Monday, January 23, 2012
First Published: 16:04 IST(23/1/2012)
Last Updated: 16:22 IST(23/1/2012)
Six months after the triple blasts in Mumbai, the Maharashtra Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) chief Rakesh Maria on Monday claimed that the investigating agency has solved the case and said they have arrested two people, who planted bombs at two of the three spots in Mumbai.
The Anti-Terrorist Squad (ATS) of the Mumbai Police on Monday arrested two people in connection with the case.
Claiming to have cracked the serial blasts that rocked Zaveri Bazar, Opera House and Dadar in south and central Mumbai, Rakesh Maria said the arrests have been made by Mumbai Police from Bihar.
Accused identified as Naqi Ahmed and Nadeem Akhtar, both were originally from Darbhanga and held in Mumbai, are aged 22 and 23 respectively.
Rakesh Maria also thanked the agencies in different states who extended the willingness to help at every stage of the investigation.
"Our teams visited 18 states and a lead was obtained by the ATS in last week of November," the ATS chief said.
"Yasin Bhatkal was the main accused in this case (13/7 Mumbai blast), he started the Darbhanga module," ATS Chief Rakesh Maria told reporters in the press conference in Mumbai.
Maria also said that transfer warrant was being sought from court for 3rd accused, identified as Haroon Rashid, in 13/7 blast case.
"The wanted accused in the case is Yaseen Bhatkal. . We will release his sketches soon," he said.
The investigation was being conducted by teams of the Mumbai Police, Maharashtra's Criminal Investigation Department (CID), National Investigation Agency (NIA) and others, with support from the local security agencies in several states.
Three blasts at close intervals, on July 13 last year, shook the country's diamond and gold hubs - Opera House and Zaveri Bazar - and a busy commercial area of Dadar, killing at least 27 people and leaving around 125 injured.
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