Mumbai: Indian Mujahideen operative Afzal Usmani, who had escaped from the Mumbai Police's custody, has been arrested. Usmani, an accused in the 2008 Ahmedabad and Surat blasts had managed to escape in broad daylight from the Mumbai Sessions Court premises on September 20.
The IM operative, who was taken to the MCOCA court along with 18 others from Taloja Central Jail in Navi Mumbai on September 30, gave police the slip on the pretext of going to toilet, sources said. According to police, Usmani was involved in stealing four cars which were used to transport explosives to Ahmedabad and Surat.
He was also charged with planting bombs. A series of 21 bomb blasts had rocked Ahmedabad on July 26, 2008, within a span of 70 minutes, killing 56 people and wounding over 200. Some bombs were planted in tiffin carriers on bicycles.
Many of the blasts targeted the city bus service, ripping apart portions of the vehicles. Two blasts had taken inside the premises of two hospitals, about 40 minutes after the initial series of blasts.
Comments
0 comment