Hunt begins all over again: Same prime suspect, similar bombs, SIMI links

A day after serial Blasts left at least 21 dead and nearly 100 injured, Delhi limped back to normalcy while police, looking for leads, were said to be questioning two persons who had been detained. Police Commissioner Y S Dadwal said they had come across “vital clues” which would help them track down perpetrators of the blasts who police suspect belong to the Indian Mujahideen-SIMI network.

Abdus Subhan Qureshi alias Tauqeer, who remains at large and is wanted by police in Gujarat for his alleged role in the Ahmedabad bombings, is emerging as one of the main suspects in the Delhi blasts too.

Sources said police and Central security agencies were looking for three SIMI sympathisers — Abu Zair, Danish and Aftab — who apparently arranged a safehouse in Delhi for Abu Bashar, arrested from Azamgarh in UP after the Ahmedabad blasts. Bashar, police sources said, stayed in Delhi from July 24 to 26.

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Terror email: To clear his name, Haywood on way back to Mumbai

US National Kenneth Haywood, who left India last month while being investigated in connection with the Ahmedabad bomb Blasts e-mail sent from his account, is set to return to Mumbai tonight in a bid to clear his name.

Source said Haywood, the Navi Mumbai -based employee of business skills coaching firm Campbell White, is flying back to his home in US through London on British Airways flight BA 139 due to land after midnight on Wednesday.

Sources said Haywood sent “feelers” to Mumbai Police that he regretted the way he left India despite a look-out notice. While he is not expected to be arrested since the Maharashtra Anti- Terrorism Squad (ATS) has since given him a clean chit, Haywood is expected to visit ATS on Thursday.

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