The Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) chief Hemant Karkare on Saturday spoke to media in relation to the Ahmedabad blast probe.

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The Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) chief Hemant Karkare on Saturday spoke to media in relation to the Ahmedabad blast probe. “Whenever we had any information on the Ahmedabad blasts, we passed it on to Gujarat police. There have been some links with Navi Mumbai like the cars and the e-mail,” he said. “Out of those arrested for the Ahmedabad blasts, three were on our suspect list,” Karkare said.

The ATS added, “Most of the suspects who have been questioned had engineering backgrounds. Details of Sajid Mansuri, Shamsuddin Sheikh and Arif Kazi were given to Gujarat police by Maharashtra.” Maharashtra’s anti-terrorism squad says, “There are many aspects of the investigation, which we are still working on.” On the terror e-mail, the IP of which was traced to Kenneth’s computer, Karkare said, “We haven't reached to the bottom of the e-mail case. We haven't given anyone a clean chit on that including US National, Kenneth Haywood. We still have suspects and we expect to get the results of the narco tests by Tuesday.” The ATS revealed that they detained two people, Nadim and Ayaz from Pune with fake currency. “They are suspected to be involved in the Ahmedabad blasts,” the ATS said.

Praising the coordination among the investigating agencies, ATS chief also said, “Our work with Gujarat police is an example of how cooperating with each other can help in solving the most difficult of cases.”

Indian Mujahideen formed out of SIMI, confirms police

The 'Indian Mujahideen', an outfit that claimed the responsibility for the July 26 terror bombings, is just a front of the banned Students Islamic Movement of India (SIMI), the Gujarat police said on Saturday. "You remove S and I from 'SIMI' and you get IM, for Indian Mujahideen," Gujarat Director general of Police PC Pande told reporters.

"Indian Mujaheedin is only a second version of SIMI," he said, after announcing that the banned outfit was behind the serial bombings in Ahmedabad. Pande said the front organisation was put up after the SIMI was banned. Ahemdabad's Joint Commissioner of Police Ashish Bhatia said, "After the arrest of Safdar Nagori, SIMI got divided into two groups - hardliners and moderates. The hardliner group is Indian Mujahideen."

An email from 'Indian Mujahideen', sent to media organisations minutes before the 22 blasts, had claimed the responsibility of the attack. As many as 53 people had died in the synchronised bombings.