2008 Jaipur blasts: Guj ATS arrests alleged SIMI activist

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Press Trust of India Ahmedabad
Last Updated : May 03 2016 | 10:02 PM IST
The Gujarat Anti Terrorist Squad (ATS) today arrested an alleged SIMI activist, who is an accused in the 2008 Jaipur serial blasts.
Acting on a specific tip-off, ATS officials today apprehended Mohammad Suvel from Palanpur in Banaskantha district, an ATS statement said.
He was brought to the Gujarat ATS headquarter here this evening.
Suvel, a resident of Jodhpur in Rajasthan is associated with banned outfit Students Islamic Movement of India(SIMI), officials said.
Suvel was on the run ever-since he was named as an accused in the 2008 Jaipur serial blasts case in Rajasthan.
He was part of a group formed by another key accused Sajid Mansoori, who was arrested by Rajasthan police after the blasts, it said.
"Mansoori belongs to Surat and he fled to Kota in Rajasthan in 2002, where he formed a group to carry out anti-national activities. Though Mansoori and 13 others were arrested by Rajasthan police in connection with the 2008 blasts, Suvel and two others remained at large," the statement added.
ATS has informed the Rajasthan police to take Suvel's custody for further investigation.
Jaipur was rocked by eight serial blasts in a span of 12 minutes in May 2008.
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First Published: May 03 2016 | 10:02 PM IST

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