From Udupi: 3 calls, a ‘Bhai’ and 10 bombs

Mohammad Saif, who was arrested from L-18, Jamia Nagar, after an encounter last Friday, and Shadab Bhai, who is on the run, boarded Mangala Express from Udupi on August 29 with 10 bombs, investigators have discovered.

One of the bombs was defective the rest were planted in Delhi’s markets on September 13. The Delhi Police Special Cell took Saif to Udupi on Monday.

Saif and Shahdab reached Udupi on August 28 night by the Nizamuddin-Eranakulam Mangala Express. They travelled AC three-tier, one of them in the name of Rahul Sharma. At 2.30 am, they checked into room No 207 of New Broadway hotel, costing Rs 250/night .

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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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