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2 Delhi blasts suspects shot dead
NEW DELHI: Barely a week after serial blasts rocked the national capital leaving 24 dead, the narrow bylanes of south Delhis Jamia Nagar locality were caught in terror crosshairs on Friday as the police shot dead two alleged Indian Mujahideen (IM) terrorists but lost one its most decorated officers in the raid.The police claimed to have killed Atif alias Bashir of Azamgarh (Uttar Pradesh), a key player of the IM which has claimed responsibility for all recent serial blasts, along with his associate Sajid. Two others, the police said, managed to escape. Another alleged terrorist, Saif, was, however, arrested even as two policemen, Mohan Chand Sharma, an inspector with the Delhi Police Special Cell, and head constable Balwant suffered bullet injuries. Sharma, a Presidents Gallantry Medal winner who led the raid, later succumbed to his injures. Delhi police commissioner YS Dadwal told mediapersons that Atif was the main planner and bomb maker of the serial blasts in Delhi, Ahmedabad and Jaipur. The encounter took place around 11 am and continued for at least 40 minutes in the predominantly Muslim locality amid voices of protest. Local residents said it was impossible for two of the alleged terrorists to escape from the third-floor apartment with only one entry-exit point. Its the fourth encounter Jamia Nagar has seen in as many years. Dadwal said they had received specific inputs that key leaders of the Indian Mujahideen who had organised the bomb blasts not only in Delhi but also in other places were hiding in Batla House (in Jamia Nagar). Posted by: Seafarious 2008-09-21 |
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