Lucknow, December 29: An accused in the 2008 Ahmedabad serial blasts was arrested by a joint team of Uttar Pradesh and Gujarat Police, officials said on Wednesday.
Habib alias Taiyab was arrested from Jahingarabad area in Ambedkar Nagar district yesterday, they said.
During questioning, he said he came in contact with SIMI members at a Madarsa in Azamgarh.
In 2007, Taiyab joined SIMI’s Safdar Nagauri faction and in 2008, he received training in a camp, the officials said.
He would be taken to Gujarat on transit remand, they said.
–PTI