After taking custody from Bengaluru, Gujarat Police on Friday brought back one of the prime accused of the 2008 Ahmedabad serial blasts case.
The accused Alamzeb Afridi, an alleged Indian Mujahideen operative has been brought to Ahmedabad through tranfer warrant from Karnataka Police. Afridi is a resident of Juhapura area of Ahmedabad.
Aridi allegedly absconded after 18 blasts rocked Ahmedabad in July 2008, killing 56 people and injuring over 150.
As per the FIR, he srategically planted a bomb on a bicycle to spread terror. Alamzeb was arrested by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) in Bengaluru on January 29 this year in the Church Street blast case in Bengaluru.
Deepan Bhadran, Deputy Commissioner of Ahmedabad Crime Branch said that Afridi was wanted in the 2008 bomb blast case and the Gujarat police sought his custody from Bengaluru court.
"Now he will be produced before a local court in Ahmedabad to seek his remand," said Bhadran.
According to NIA report Afridi was also wanted in a case related to holding of a terrorist training camp at Waghamon in Kerala with the help of the Students Islamic Movement Of India (SIMI).