Author: PTI
Publication: The Pioneer
Date: August 19, 2008
Mufti Abu Bashir, the alleged mastermind of
the serial blasts here, has admitted that he was involved in the July 26 bombings
that left 55 people dead, Crime Branch sources said on Tuesday.
Bashir, whose arrest was announced on August
16, is currently in 14-day police custody and is being grilled by the city
Crime Branch officials.
"So far in his interrogation, he has
confessed to his involvement in the Ahmedabad blasts," the officials
said.
"Though Bashir is cooperating in interrogation,
he is not revealing much details. He is just giving short replies to the questions
asked by the officials. Most of his replies are in yes and no," they
said.
He has, however, not said anything about his
suspected involvement in the Jaipur and Hyderabad blasts, the officials said.
Bashir had been a madrasa teacher in Hyderabad,
where he came in contact with the hardline SIMI faction led by Safdar Nagori.
After Nagori's arrest in March 2008 in Madhya Pradesh, Bashir took up the
task of carrying out the Ahmedabad blasts, police had said earlier.
