Man from Assam held; old terror hand suspect http://www.ibnlive.com/news/man-from-assam-held-old-terror-hand-suspect/47606-3.html
*New Delhi/ Hyderabad:* Police in Hyderabad on Tuesday arrested a man suspected to be involved in the two bomb blasts in the city on Saturday. Mohammed Abdullah, who is from Assam, was taken into custody after residents of Bowenpalli in Secunderabad caught him under "suspicious circumstances", said an IANS report. Abdullah had injuries on his head and hands. Police are questioning him to ascertain whether he has any links with the blasts which killed 43 people. Preliminary investigations indicated that the bombs were planted minutes before they exploded and police have not ruled out the possibility of the bomb planters receiving injuries. Investigators suspect Bangladesh based terror outfit Harkat-ul-Jehad-i-Islami (HUJI) and its Karachi-based Indian operations chief Shahid Bilal are involved in the blasts. Believed to be the kingpin in the twin blast that rocked Hyderbad, Bilal is suspected to be the Indian Operations chief of Bangladesh based extremist group HUJI. Bilal (also known as Mohd Abdul Sahil) is also a key suspect in the Mecca Masjid blasts in Hyderabad on May 18, the Varanasi blast and the attack on the Indian Institute of Science in Bangalore. Bilal's links with extremists groups go back quite a few years. He went to Saudi Arabia in 2002-2003 where he received training from his maternal uncle, a then senior functionary of the Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM). He has worked closely with Assadullah Munir-ul-Islam, the HUJI's chief commander in Dhaka. Bilal is now believed to be residing in Karachi. Police are questioning citizens of Bangladesh and Pakistan overstaying in Hyderabad. There are reportedly 20 such foreign nationals who were staying on even after their visas had expired. Chief Minister Y S Rajasekhara Reddy has already blamed the terror groups based in Pakistan and Bangladesh for the blasts.
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