Mumbai blasts: Man arrested in Bihar

Mtoday news / PTI

Kishanganj, Bihar, July 17:  The ongoing investigations into the triple blasts that shook Mumbai during the evening rush hour on Wednesday have led to an arrest in Bihar’s Kishanganj district today.

 

 

Riazul, the suspect in question, was arrested by the local police from a village situated just 40 kilometres away from the district headquarters. He was staying at a local villager, Aftab Alam’s house.

The police have recovered some papers written in Marathi from Riazul. The arrest came after security agencies, who were tracking Riazul, found his movement suspicious.

He is currently being interrogated by the Intelligence Bureau (IB). A team from the National Investigation Agency (NIA) is also on its way to Kishanganj to question him.

Meanwhile, in Mumbai, the Maharashtra ATS is very close to finalising the sketch of one of the suspects and is scanning CCTV footage with the help of eyewitnesses.

Prabhakar Bagrao, a constable who allegedly ignored a tip-off by a Kurla resident about a terror plot has been suspended for dereliction of duty.