Mateen Hafeez TNN
Mumbai: The Maharashtra anti-terrorism squad (ATS) is likely to bring one of the six suspected members of the Indian Mujahideen (IM) to Pune this week. The suspect, Qateel Siddiqui, is at present lodged in a jail in New Delhi.
The Delhi police in the first week of December arrested Mohammed Adil alias Shoeb, Siddiqui, Irshad Khan, Gauhar Khomani, Gayur Jamali and Abdur Rehman. Police claimed the six were involved in the blasts at Chinnaswamy stadium, German Bakery and Jama Masjid. The ATS is clear about Siddiqui’s role in a case. An ATS officer said, “Siddiqui is not involved in Pune’s German Bakery bomb blast but we want to bring him for questioning in connection with the Dagduseth temple case where a bomb was planted.” While Siddiqui took part in planting a bomb near the temple, he was not part of the bakery blast case module, said ATS chief Rakesh Maria. The ATS had arrested only one person, Mirza Himayat Baig, in connection with the German Bakery blast. The police are now trying to establish a link between the bakery blast and the temple bomb-planting case.
Siddiqui and Baig were involved in ferrying the consignments carrying bombs to various locations in Pune like the German Bakery and the Dagduseth Halwai Ganapati temple-.While the blast at the bakery went as planned, the attempt at the temple failed. Siddiqui rushed to Mumbai and threw the explosive that was meant to go off at the Pune temple into the sea at Worli, the police said.
The Times of India, January 3, 2012
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