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Indian Mujahideen behind Patna serial blasts
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IM Behind Patna Serial Blasts, Investigations in The Patna Serial Blasts, Indian Mujahideen. Investigations in the Patna serial blasts showed an Indian Mujahideen (IM) link with Jharkand police claiming on Monday that one of the two arrested terrorists.
Investigations in the Patna serial blasts showed an Indian Mujahideen (IM) link with Jharkand police claiming on Monday that one of the two arrested terrorists, who was believed to be the mastermind, belonged to the nascent 'Ranchi Module" of the banned terror outfit.
As the probe showed that the explosions at Narendra Modi's rally in Patna on Sunday bore a resemblance to the Bodh Gaya terror attack, BJP leader Arun Jaitley claimed the Bihar DGP had received an intelligence alert on October 23 about a possible attack in Patna and wanted the State government as well as the Centre to clarify on the issue.
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Jaitley's contention was countered by Ravindra Kumar, ADG, Patna, who said there was no specific intelligence input and that only general alerts were given.
The toll rose to six after an injured person died at the Patna Medical College and Hospital (PMCH) late on Sunday night. At present, 37 injured persons, many of them in critical condition, are being treated in the hospital.
Jharkhand ADG (law & order) S N Pradhan said the probe so far showed that Imtiaz Ansari, one of the two arrested terrorists, allegedly had contacts with Tahseen Akhtar, an alleged close aide of arrested top IM operative Yaseen Bhhatkal. The other terrorist was identified as Tausim.
Pradhan said after interrogations during raids at Dhruva in Ranchi last night it had emerged that Imtiaz, his nephew Tophek, Tariq Ansari and Noman Ansari had gone to Patna on Saturday and two others had joined them on the way. The four had, however, told people of their locality that they were going to Kolkata but left for Patna on Saturday. Tariq died while allegedly handling explosives and Noman and Tophek were absconding, while Imtiaz was arrested after the blasts in Patna, police said. The homegrown IM has links with Pakistan-based terror outfit Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT).
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