Delhi blasts: 3 militants, caretaker of Batla House arrested

New Delhi, Sep 21 (PTI) Three more suspected 'Indian Mujahideen' militants allegedly involved in the Delhi serial blasts and the caretaker of a house where some members of the terror module were staying, have been arrested, police said Sunday.

A day after Delhi Police claimed to have identified 14
members of the module and arrested two of them, sleuths nabbed
three others identified as Zia-ur-Rehman, Shakir Nishar and
Shakil, who were on the run since the September 13 blasts.

Seven people are still at large and a hunt is on to catch
them, a senior police officer said, adding the three arrests
were made from a south Delhi locality.

Police had killed two terrorists, including Atif, the
"main man" of the Indian Mujahideen and alleged mastermind of
recent serial blasts in several parts of the country, in a
gunbattle in Jamia Nagar on Friday morning while two others
were arrested the same day.

Police also arrested Abdul Rehman, the caretaker of the
Batla House, where Atif and four others were staying on fake
documents. The encounter had taken place in that house.

The officer said Zia and Shakeel were also allegedly
involved in the July 26 Ahmedabad serial blasts that claimed
more than 55 lives.

During the interrogation of Mohd. Saif and Zeeshan who
were arrested on Friday, police claimed that they told
investigators that Shakeel had planted the bomb in Gaffar
market in Karol Bagh.

The Delhi police had Saturday claimed that they have
uncovered the conspiracy behind the attacks in the capital and
in Jaipur and Ahmedabad saying they were carried out by
terrorists of Indian Mujahideen and Students Islamic Movement
of India (S.I.M.I.) in league with Pakistan-based
Lashkar-e-Taiba. PTI SJY