The son of Ummer Siddiqui, the main accused of the Bodh Gaya blasts, Ummar Bin Wahid, has been arrested, informed Superintendent of Police OP Pal on Saturday. He was later presented in a local court that sent him to judicial remand till December 6, police informed. “This is the 14th arrest in this case. He was arrested on specific intelligence report on the intervening night of Friday and Saturday,” SP OP told
The Pioneer. Meanwhile, it was also learned that some literature related to making of suicide bomber were also reportedly seized from the possession of accused Ummar Bin Wahid. “Abdullah Haider who has been arrested was preparing six-seven youths as suicide bombers. While investigating the case we came to know that they had given about Rs 35,000 to some person in Raigarh area,” the Inspector General of Police GP Singh revealed. They had even tried to procure pistols, IGP added.
Notably in connection with the SIMI network busting case so far, 13 persons were arrested. After the arrest, police had claimed that Ummer Siddiqui along with others persons rounded up in the case, had plotted and executed blasts in Bodh Gaya temples. According to police, the accused arrested so far in the case have been identified as Ummer Siddiqui, Abdul Wahid, Roshan Shekh alias Javed, Abdul Ajij, Ajijullah, Hayat Khan, Moinuddin, Shekh Habibullah, Mohammed Daud, Shekh Subhan, Mohammed Aslam, Azaharuddin and Mohammed Sayed.