Posted: Feb 07, 2009
Nearly six months after serial bomb blasts rocked the IT city killing one and injuring eight, nine persons belonging to a radical group in Kerala have been arrested in connection with the case.
Abdul Sattar, Abdul Jabbar, Sarfudin, Sakariya from Mallapuram, Kerala and Mujeeb, Faizal, Abdul Jaleel, Manaf of Kannur, and Badruddin from Ernakulum have been arrested for their alleged involvement in the July 2008 blasts, DGP Ajai Kumar Singh said.
Four others involved in the blasts were killed in an encounter with the Indian army in Jammu and Kashmir while they were attempting to crossover to Pakistan between October 4 and 7. They were identified as Abdul Raheem, son-in-law of Sattar, Mohammad Fyas, Fayis and Mohammad Yasin from Kerala, he said.
Police, however, did not reveal the name of the group they belonged to. Police also did not divulge anything regarding its association to any militant outfits like Lakshar-e-Toiba.
The module was 'radicalised by general feeling of perceived injustice to Muslims in India due to Babri Masjid demolition and Godhra incident and Gujarat riots,' the police officer said.
They decided (to trigger blasts) on Bangalore due to the iconic status it acquired after the IT boom and the economic prosperity and that it was BJP-ruled, they said.
The case was cracked following investigation and clues collected from various sources and close interaction with police forces in other parts of the country and interrogation of Abdul Sattar, Shankar Bidari, Police Commissioner, who was also present at the press meet, said.
Bangalore city police and Andhra Pradesh police had arrested Sattar from his hideout in Hyderabad and brought him to Bangalore for interrogation, he said.
Meanwhile, Kerala Police, based on inputs from Jammu and Kashmir police that some youths had been radicalised and induced to cross the border for training, had arrested five persons-Abdul Jabbar, Mujeeb, Abdul Jaleel, Faizal and Badruddin for participation in terrorist activities, he said.
Investigations revealed that Mujeeb was staying in a house at Bommasandra in Bangalore, he said.
When the Bangalore blast was conspired and finalised, they brought materials like ammonium nitrate, nuts and bolts and printed circuit boards required for preparing the bombs, from Kannur to Bangalore and hid it in Mujeeb's house, the officer said.
They also purchased items like plastic and steel tiffin carriers, buckets, empty plastic containers, bag of cement. Cement concrete flower pots used to hide the bombs that were prepared using nuts and bolts as projectiles, he said.
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