Chennai: Sleuths from Central Crime Branch of Bengaluru Police arrested a duo from the city in connection with the bomb blast three years ago near BJP office at Malleshwaram on Tuesday.
The team led by Venkatesa Prasanna, ACP, picked up the duo - identified as Syed Ali and Jahan Aseer — from Karayanchavadi in the morning. Soon after they arrested the duo, Bengaluru police took them to Poonamallee police station, which is the jurisdictional police station. The cops shared the details of the arrest to police to avoid any confusion.
“They gave a crime no of Vyalikaval police station, and informed us that the duo were suspected to have had played role in the blasts”, said a senior police official. Eighteen persons were injured in the blast reported on April 17, 2013, and the banned Al-Umma is suspected to be behind the terror attack. The Bengaluru police, in its chargesheet, said 23 vehicles and 56 buildings were damaged.
The Bengaluru Police had already arrested several terror suspects, including Panna Ismail, Bilal Malik and police Fakruddin in this case. The arrested Al-Umma activists are already charged with murder of fringe-Hindu outfit functionaries in the state here.
Meanwhile, a message was doing the rounds that Bengaluru cops were detained on mistaken identity by city police. A deliberate rumour was milled in social networking platforms stating the duo was kidnapped and a quintet was arrested.
“We did not receive any complaint from the families. However, the Bengaluru cops voluntarily disclosed the details to us and took the suspects with them”, a senior police officer told DC.
