One person arrested in the Ajmer blast case

Friday, October 26, 2007, 0:32 [IST]

Ajmer, Oct 25 (UNI) One person was arrested from Godda district of Jharkhand in connection with the Khwaja Garib Nawaz masjid blast in Ajmer, police said here.

He was identified as Khushibur Rehman, who was working as a madrasa teacher in Churu district of Rajasthan, police sources said.

He was apprehended at his ancestral village, Thakurgunti under Mehraab police station area in the Godda district.

Ajmer secret police handed him over to the Special Investigation Team probing the Ajmer bomb blast, however, police refused to divulge any further information in the case.

According to sources, Khushibur Rehman was associated with the Devbandi community and alleged to have had links with the Lashkar-e-Toiba.

UNI

Topics: CRIME-MASJID ARREST

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