Bhopal, July 02: An accused in the Ahmedabad bomb blasts case has been arrested by Madhya Pradesh Anti-Terrorist Squad (ATS) here.
Mohammed Irfan alias Kareli, wanted in connection with 17 serial blasts in Ahmedabad and other cities, was arrested from Karond area here, police sources said today.
On a tip off that Irfan would come here for setting up “sleeper cell” of the banned organiation SIMI, ATS found Irfan at Karond where he was waiting for two of his associates.
Besides Gujarat police, Jabalpur police was also looking for him and had declared an award of Rs 15,000 for information leading to his arrest, they said.
Irfan would be taken on transit remand from district court and then produced before a court in Narsinghpur.
—Agencies