Mumbai, Nov 24: Police today arrested one Jahid Yusuf Patni under Pota on the charge of planting an explosive in a bus and a special court remanded him to police custody till December one. An unexploded crude bomb was found on December two last year in a bus parked in a depot near Santacruz Electronic Export Processing Zone (SEEPZ) in suburban Andheri.
The police custody of three other accused - Syed Mohhamad Hanif, his wife Fahimida and associate Arshat Ansari - in the same case was extended till December one by judge A P Bhangale.
The accused were arrested earlier for alleged complicity in July 28 Ghatkopar bomb blast and august 25 twin bomb explosions at Gateway of India and Zaveri Bazar.
In another development, Hanif, Fahimida and Arshat were remanded to judicial custody till December one in Zaveri Bazaar blast case. The court further remanded them to judicial custody till the same period in Ghatkopar bomb blast case.
Altogether two persons were killed and 31 injured in the Ghatkopar bomb blast while 53 people were killed and over 100 injured in twin blasts at Gateway of India and Zaveri Bazaar.
According to prosecutor Ujjwal Nikam, the accused had conspired to create a series of explosions in the city and had assembled bombs at Hanif's residence. Arshat and deceased accused Nasir carried explosives in a taxi that exploded at Zaveri Bazaar while Hanif, wife Fahmida and their daughter travelled in another taxi which went off at Gateway of India.
Nasir was killed in a police encounter while Hanif's minor daughter has been sent to remand home.
Bureau Report