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Bombay police arrest 2 more suspects of train bombings
BOMBAY, India - Investigators have arrested two more suspects in connection with the July 11 bombings on the Bombay commuter rail network that claimed more than 200 lives, a television report said on Tuesday. The report from the private New Delhi Television channel said two men, one a Bombay keymaker and the other from the nearby city of Pune, had been arrested. No details were given on how they were said to be connected to the blasts, which killed 207 people and wounded another 800.NDTV identified the two as Jameer Ahmed from Bombay, and Sohail Sheikh from Pune. Ahmed, the channel said, had been trained in Pakistan. Four men have already been arrested in connection with the blasts, and police have said at least some are linked to Pakistan-based militant groups. Police refused to confirm Tuesday that additional arrests had been made. Bombay police have questioned hundreds of people over the past two weeks in connection with the carefully coordinated blasts, but have come under increasing pressure from lawmakers, the public and the media to crack the case. On Monday, police arrested a Bombay-based practitioner of traditional Unani medicine, who they said was trained in Pakistan to make bombs. The suspect, identified as Tanvir Ahmed Ansari, appeared in a Bombay court, where the judge remanded him to police custody until Aug. 4. Posted by: Steve 2006-07-25 |
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