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| India-Pakistan |
| U.P. authorities stalled action against Delhi suspects |
| 2008-09-15 |
| NEW DELHI: Uttar Pradesh authorities stonewalled efforts to arrest three Students Islamic Movement of India (SIMI) operatives who are emerging as key suspects in Saturday's serial bombings in New Delhi, highly placed police sources have told The Hindu. Delhi Police sources said that the three Azamgarh-based men -- whose identities are being withheld by The Hindu to avoid compromising the investigation -- had been identified as core members of an Indian Mujahideen team planning fresh attacks by two top terror commanders held in Uttar Pradesh earlier this month. Fearing that police action against the three men might fuel tension in communally charged Azamgarh, police sources said, Uttar Pradesh authorities refused to order their arrest or detention for questioning, saying that interrogation reports from Gujarat and Rajasthan did not constitute adequate grounds for such action. |
| Posted by:john frum |