Tunda sent to three-day police custody in 1997 bomb blast case

Top LeT bomb expert Abdul Karim Tunda was today remanded in three-day police custody by a Delhi court in connection with a 1997 blast case, in which one woman was killed and several others were injured.
Tunda, who was in police custody till today in connection with a separate bomb blast case lodged against him here, was produced before Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Amit Bansal, and special cell of Delhi police sought his three-day of custodial interrogation.
The police said a bomb had exploded at Bidan Pura here on October 26, 1997 resulting in death of a woman, and during the searches, a live bomb was recovered by the investigators and it was defused.

It also said during the probe, various persons including some Pakistani and Bangladeshi nationals were arrested and they had disclosed about their involvements in various terror strikes in the country.
The special cell also said two of the arrested accused Mohd Amir Khan and Mohd Shakeel had disclosed about their role in the October 26, 1997 blast and had also said that they had taken training of preparing bomb from Tunda.
"They (Amir and Shakeel) had also disclosed that their mentor Abdul Karim alias Tunda had discussed with them the plan of carrying out bomb blasts in Delhi and he (Tunda) further directed them to execute the plans by carrying out bomb blasts in crowded places like Karol Bagh so that maximum causalities can be done," the police said.

This is the fourth case lodged against Tunda in which the police has taken his police custody.
70-year-old Tunda was arrested from the Indo-Nepal border at Banbasa on August 16. He was earlier remanded to police custody for questioning in connection with 37 bomb blast cases across the country.
Advocate Akram Khan, who appeared for Tunda, opposed the police's plea contending that his client has been in police custody for over 40 days in connection with three separate case.