Doctor arrested in connection with Mumbai blasts Monday, July 24 2006 11:00 Hrs (IST) - World Time -
Mumbai:
A doctor has been arrested in connection with the deadly wave of terror attacks that rocked Mumbai on July 11, taking the total number of arrests to four.
Tanvir Ansari, an alleged LeT operative who practices unani medicine in central Mumbai, was arrested last night, Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) sources said today (July 24, 2006).
He was arrested by Crime Branch and later handed over to the ATS, they said. He will be produced before a local court later in the day.
Ansari had undergone training in Pakistan in handling arms, ammunition and making bombs and explosives. He is suspected to have provided such training to others, they said.
Earlier on July 21, police have arrested three persons for their alleged involvement in the serial blasts in Mumbai surban trains that claimed about 200 lives and injured over 700.
Two persons Kamal Ahmed Mohd. Vakil Ansari and Khalid Aziz Raunaq Aziz Sheikh were arrested from Bihar while the third Mumtaz Ahmed Maqbul Ahmed Choudury was nabbed from Navi Mumbai. They were remanded to 10-day custody.