Mumbai, May 09: In a new twist to the Ghatkopar bomb blast investigations, police today arrested Hasib Zuber Mulla, who is languishing in jail for his alleged complicity in another blast at Mulund railway station in march this year. Hasib, suspected member of students Islamic Movement of India, was produced before principal judge A J Dholakia who remanded him to police custody till May 23.

Hasib is the second Mulund bomb blast accused after Saquib Nachan to be arrested in Ghatkopar explosion. With the arrest of Nachan and Hasib, police has established links between the two blasts.


Hasib was arrested on April 17 and was placed in judicial custody in Mulund explosion case before his arrest afresh in Ghatkopar bomb blast case.

According to police, Simi activists were allegedly involved in the two explosions. They had obtained weapons from Lashkar-e-Toiba militants and imparted training in handling of arms and ammunition at the hills surrounding Padgah village in Bhiwandi Taluka of nearby Thane district.
About 2 persons were killed and 30 injured when a powerful explosion ripped through a municipal bus outside Ghatkopar railway station on December 2 last year.

Eight persons--Dr Mohammed Abdul Mateen, Shaikh Mohammed Muzamil, Zahir Ahmed Bashir Ahmed, Imran Rehman Khan, Mohammed Altaf Ismail, Toufiq Ahmed, Saquib Nachan and Hasib Zuber Mulla--have been arrested in Ghatkopar bomb blast case. Co-accused, Sayed Khwaja Yunus disappeared from police custody on January 6 when a jeep carrying him to Aurangabad met with an accident.

Bureau Report