Fourth Suspect In Mumbai Blasts Arrested
Shaveta Bansal - All Headline News Staff Writer Mumbai, India (AHN) - Indian police have arrested a fourth suspect in connection with Mumbai serial blasts that killed more than 180 people earlier this month. A senior officer on Monday said the arrest was made by the crime branch of Mumbai police on late Sunday. Police inspector Sunil Deshmukh identified the suspect as Tanvir Ansari, a doctor of traditional Indian medicine and a resident of Mumbai. "We have arrested him on suspicion, for further interrogation. He has undergone training in Pakistan," Deshmukh said. Handcuffed and with a black hood covering his face, Ansari was escorted by police through a crowd of television reporters to a court in central Mumbai to hear the 11 charges against him. Ansari was charged with murder and violation of laws relating to explosives and the railways. He was remanded to police custody until August 4. It is the fourth arrest since the fatal July 11 bombings. Three other men, all Indian Muslims, were arrested last week for their alleged role in the series of commuter train blasts. The chief of Mumbai's anti-terrorism squad said authorities believed Ansari had gone to Pakistan in 2004 where he learned how to make bombs and the use of arms and ammunition. "He is one of the key conspirators and we are assessing his role," another senior official K.P. Raghuvanshi said. "We don't want to hurry up the process of |
