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Police say bombers among four held for India attack
21 Sep 2008 09:14:45 GMT
 Source: Reuters
NEW DELHI, Sept 21 (Reuters) - Indian police arrested four Muslims, including three accused of planting bombs that killed 23 people this month in the capital, New Delhi, officials said on Sunday.

The four were picked up during overnight raids in the city.

The arrests come two days after police shot dead two men, one of whom they said organised the New Delhi bombings and also deadly attacks in the western cities of Jaipur and Ahmedabad.

"We have arrested four people -- three are bombers and one is a caretaker of the building where they were hiding," said Rajan Bhagat, spokesman of Delhi Police.

The Indian Mujahideen group has said it carried out the Sept. 13 bombings. It has claimed other attacks in recent months as well.

Police have identified Abdul Subhan Qureshi, also known as Tauqeer, a convent-educated computer expert and member of a banned Islamic students' group, as the chief suspect in the New Delhi attack, and said he was also involved in bombing the western city of Ahmedabad in July.

They are also looking for a man they named as Qayamuddin, also known as Ashfaque.

With the latest arrests, the total number of people held by police over the New Delhi attacks has gone up to six. (Reporting by Bappa Majumdar; Writing by Krittivas Mukherjee' Editing by David Fox)


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