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Saturday, 05 December 2009 |
 Nasir, the alleged mastermind of the Bangalore bomb blasts who was handed over to the Bangalore police on Friday, has revealed to investigators that he had links with Abdul Nasir Madani, leader of the Peoples’s Democratic Party (PDP), the police said in Bangalore.
Tadaiyantavida Nasir alias Ummer Haji alias Ummer and his close aide Safaz alias Shafaz Samsuddi, were taken into custody by the Bangalore Police team lead by Assistant Commissioner Omkaraiah, City Commissioner of Police Shankar Bidari told here.
Madani was the first accused in the 12 serial bomb blasts that killed 33 people and injured 153 others in Coimbatore on February 14, 1998. But he was released after the police failed to prove his involvement.
He had close contacts with Nasir and the police are interrogating Nasir about possible involvement in the Coimbatore case, a police officer said.
Nasir allegedly visited Madani in October 2007 and acted as a mediator in a scuffle between Madani and Nasir's associates.
This had reportedly come to light even during the interrogation of Sarfaraz Nawaz, who was arrested in February for alleged terrorist activities.
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Friday, 04 December 2009 |
 A 25-year-old youth died on the spot while 25 others inclding the driver sustained injuries after the Bangalore Metropolitan Transport Corporation (BMTC)MTC bus they were commuting fell into a ditch in Bidadi police limits of Ramanagaram District on Thursday morning.
The deceased has been identified as Mohan Kumar, a resident of Kodiyalakarenahalli.
He was employed in a private garment factory in JP Nagar and was engaged to a girl last Sunday.
The date of his marriage was going to be fixed soon, police said.
Among the injured, two have been shifted to Bidadi Government Hospital while 23 others were treated as out patients.
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Thursday, 03 December 2009 |
 Nasir’s alias Ummar alias Haji, the mastermind behind the Bangalore serial blasts was a native of Kannur, Kerala. He had taken shelter in Kodagu before the serial blasts. He was at large along with five associates including Safaz and others. Nasir, was the member of National Democratic Front (NDF), a banned organisation of Kerala and allegedly was a Lashkar operative.
He had been living in Hosathota in Suntikoppa, Kodagu for three years with his wife. He owned a ginger estate and often used to visit Bangalore and Kerala. He was organising meetings with his associates — Abdul Sattar, Naushad, Ahamad Bava (arrested by various state police); Abdul Raheem (killed in an encounter) and others.
Nasir had ‘Bangalore plans’ and had asked his associate Mujeeb to settle in the city. He had even found a Bangalore girl for Mujeeb to marry.
Nasir had come to Bangalore three days prior to the attacks on July 25, 2008 with Sattar, Manaf, Sarfuddin, Sakaria and others to Mujeeb’s house in Bommasandra Industrial Estate near Hebbagodi.
The bombs, prepared with micro chips provided by Sattar, were assembled at Mujeeb’s house. On July 24, around 4 am they got into a Scorpio, driven by Nasir from Hebbagodi via the Madiwala check post to Kengeri. Disguised as labourers, they planted the bombs in nine places before reaching Kengeri. When they reached Kengeri, Nasir asked his associates to throw the leftover raw materials — stuffed in a box — near Chennapatna and escaped to Kerala via Mysore.
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Wednesday, 02 December 2009 |
 Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa was back at his sorrowing best again on Tuesday. Every passing minute he lives with a sense that he is “betraying” the people of the state, he said.
The occasion was the valedictory of the Kengal Hanumanthaiah birth centenary celebrations.
Recalling the stature of leaders in the order of the man who was Karnataka’s first chief minister, the first chairperson of the Administrative Reforms Commission and the man credited with building the Vidhana Soudha, Yeddyurappa said that present day politicians were a far cry.
“The present day politicians including himself are “selfish” and lack “foresight”, he said and then went on to acknowledge that they would stoop to any length to hold on to power and save their chair.
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Tuesday, 01 December 2009 |
 A six-year-old boy died and his parents sustained severe burn injuries after an LPG cylinder exploded, due to leakage, under HSR Layout police station limits on Monday morning.
The deceased has been identified as Jesudas Singh. His father Cedery Singh (40) and mother Sharon (38) sustained severe injuries. Both are undergoing treatment in Victoria Hospital and Sharon is in a critical condition, police said.
The incident took place at their residence in an apartment in HSR Layout 3rd phase. They had shifted to the flat on Sunday. On Monday morning, when Singh woke up, he switched on the light and there was a sudden explosion of gas due to the leakage, police said. |
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