Man who sent 3rd e-mail on Delhi blast arrested in Gujarat

A man has been arrested for sending the email threatening of a bomb blast in the city after the Delhi blast, police said here on Monday. Manu Oza, the arrested man, allegedly sent the email to the Delhi police immediately after the blast outside the Delhi High court on September 7. He had used the name of a most-wanted terrorist from US agency FBI's list.

"Oza (23), a resident of the Ghodasar area of the city, was arrested from Patan district yesterday where he had been staying with friends for the last five years," city Police Commissioner S K Sinha told media persons.

In the email, Oza had claimed the responsibility for the blast in Delhi, identifying himself as Rs Ali Saed El-Hoorie, a member of the Indian Mujahideen (IM)', Sinha said. The email was sent using a proxy server in Moscow. Oza's was the third email to be received by Delhi police regarding the blast, of the total four. Oza had said in the email, in coded language, that next target would be Ahmedabad, which led to massive security strengthening here.

Union Home Minister P Chidambaram had said then that the mail seemed to be sent by an amateur, as the numerical code used in it was very simple. "The email was sent with the intention to strike terror and create an atmosphere of fear. Oza has been arrested under section 66 (F) of the Information Technology Act which carries maximum punishment of life imprisonment," Sinha said. The Police Commissioner said that Ali Saed El-Hoorie, whose name Oza used, was on top of most-wanted list of the FBI. "Hoorie has a reward of USD 5 million on his head," he added.