Gujarat ATS Arrests 2006 Ahmedabad Bomb Blast Accused From Pune
Mubarak Ansari
Pune, 23 March 2021: An accused in Ahmedabad’s Kalupur station 2006 bomb blast case was arrested by Gujarat Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) from Pune on Monday night.
The arrested person has been identified as Mohsin Abbas Sayyed (36) alias Mohsin Poonawala, a resident of Galli no. 25 in Sayyednagar, Hadapsar. He was caught in Mohammadwadi by a team of Gujarat ATS team which was accompanied by Maharashtra ATS. They took away Mohsin on Monday night to Ahmedabad.
According to Gujarat ATS, on February 19, 2006, Lashkar-E-Taiba (LeT) at the behest of Pakistan’s Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) caused a bomb blast was at Kalupur railway station in Ahmedabad. A total of 10 persons were injured in the blast.
Gujarat ATS said that Sayyed, who was studying at a Madrasa in Bharuch in 2006, went to Pakistan-occupied-Kashmir (PoK) and received training at terror camps along with 15 other persons. After his name was revealed in the investigation Mohsin allegedly changed his name and address.
Till now 13 accused have been arrested in the case while 10 others are absconding. Two persons have been acquitted by the court in the case including a government railway police (GRP) constable.