Students Islamic Movement of India hand in Chennai blast: Intelligence sources

Bengaluru: The May 1 twin blasts in the Bangalore-Guwahati (Kaziranga) Express at Chennai Central Station, which had claimed the life of a 24-year-old city-based techie P. Swathi and injured 14 others was reportedly carried out by the five fugitive terror suspects from the proscribed terror outfit Students Islamic Movement of India (SIMI), who had escaped from the district jail in Khandwa, MP, top Intelligence sources said.

The five Khandwa jail break fugitives Aizazuddin alias Aizaz Mohammed Azizuddin, Zakir Hussain alias Sadiq Badrul Hussain, Mehboob alias Guddu Ismail Khan, AslamAyub Khan and Amzad Ramzan Khan along with their alleged accomplice Saliq alias Mohammed Salim are reportedly behind the twin train blasts in Chennai, said the officer on condition of anonymity. The terror suspects are also allegedly behind the September 12 accidental blast in Bijnor in west UP.

The breakthrough in the investigation came after the UP Anti Terrorist Squad tracked the call detail records of the suspects’ mobile phones, which they had left behind