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COIMBATORE: An accused in the 1998 Coimbatore serial bomb blasts case, who was absconding for the past 16 years, was arrested on Thursday. Three other accused are still absconding.
S Kunhi Mohammed (58), from Panangaragara in Malappuram district in Kerala, was traced by the Special Intelligence Unit (SIU), Coimbatore. Later, he was handed over to Crime Branch, CID - Special Investigation Division (SID), Coimbatore unit, and later remanded in judicial custody.
On February 14, 1998, as many as 58 people were killed and 250 people were injured in the serial bomb blasts. Later, the police booked 181 people in connection with the case but could not arrest four accused.
Kunhi Mohammed was working as an electrician and welder. He told us that he did not visit any foreign countries and was hiding in various states across the country. He came to his hometown four months ago, said ADSP G Stalin, CBCID-SID. He said the police are trying to confirm the information given by Kunhi Mohammed.
M Selvarajan, DSP, Special Intelligence Unit (SIU), Coimbatore unit, and his team got a tip-off a few days ago about Kunhi Mohammed. The team immediately rushed to Panangaragara. The policemen, who were in plainclothes, stayed in the area and monitored the movements of Kunhi Mohammed and his family members. On Thursday morning, the team confirmed Kunhi Mohammed was staying along with his son and at least four members were in the house and they had no weapons.
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The team surrounded the house and knocked on the front door. But there was no reply from the house and the main door was locked from inside. Kunhi Mohammed had come to the top of the house and tried to escape. However, the police warned him not to jump. Then he entered the house and hid there. The police forcibly entered the house and took him into custody.
He was taken to Coimbatore city from Malappuram in a police vehicle. According to sources, Kunhi Mohammed did not reveal anything initially. Later, he told the SIU personnel that he was working as an electrician and welder in various places in various states. He came to his hometown in April 2014 and was staying along with his son. But he did not come out of the house.
He was handed over to CBCID-SID, Coimbatore unit located at Police Recruitment School (PRS). ADSP Stalin and his team questioned him at the office and later he was produced before Judicial magistrate court-V. The court remanded him to judicial custody. He has been lodged at the Coimbatore central prison.
" He was the accused number 178 in the Coimbatore serial blast case reported on February 14, 1998. He transported explosive materials to Coimbatore from Kerala and harboured Al-Umma accused in Kerala. After the bomb blast, he went absconding", said ADSP Stalin.
Three more accused " including B Mujibur Rehman alias Muji from Oppanakkara Street in Coimbatore, A Jagubar Sadiq alias Tailor Raja alias Valarntha Raja, a native of South Ukkadam and NP Noohu from Thiruvannu Panniyakara in Kozhikode in Kerala" are absconding for the past 16 years.
In August 2007, a special court acquitted eight people" including Kerala-based Peoples Democratic Party leader Abdul Nasser Madhani " and ordered the release of 102 accused in blasts case. The court confirmed life imprisonment for 18 Al-Umma cadres who have been lodged at Coimbatore central prison.
S Kunhi Mohammed (58), from Panangaragara in Malappuram district in Kerala, was traced by the Special Intelligence Unit (SIU), Coimbatore. Later, he was handed over to Crime Branch, CID - Special Investigation Division (SID), Coimbatore unit, and later remanded in judicial custody.
On February 14, 1998, as many as 58 people were killed and 250 people were injured in the serial bomb blasts. Later, the police booked 181 people in connection with the case but could not arrest four accused.
Kunhi Mohammed was working as an electrician and welder. He told us that he did not visit any foreign countries and was hiding in various states across the country. He came to his hometown four months ago, said ADSP G Stalin, CBCID-SID. He said the police are trying to confirm the information given by Kunhi Mohammed.
M Selvarajan, DSP, Special Intelligence Unit (SIU), Coimbatore unit, and his team got a tip-off a few days ago about Kunhi Mohammed. The team immediately rushed to Panangaragara. The policemen, who were in plainclothes, stayed in the area and monitored the movements of Kunhi Mohammed and his family members. On Thursday morning, the team confirmed Kunhi Mohammed was staying along with his son and at least four members were in the house and they had no weapons.
READ ALSO: TN govt to remit sentences of convicts in Coimbatore serial blasts case
The team surrounded the house and knocked on the front door. But there was no reply from the house and the main door was locked from inside. Kunhi Mohammed had come to the top of the house and tried to escape. However, the police warned him not to jump. Then he entered the house and hid there. The police forcibly entered the house and took him into custody.
He was taken to Coimbatore city from Malappuram in a police vehicle. According to sources, Kunhi Mohammed did not reveal anything initially. Later, he told the SIU personnel that he was working as an electrician and welder in various places in various states. He came to his hometown in April 2014 and was staying along with his son. But he did not come out of the house.
He was handed over to CBCID-SID, Coimbatore unit located at Police Recruitment School (PRS). ADSP Stalin and his team questioned him at the office and later he was produced before Judicial magistrate court-V. The court remanded him to judicial custody. He has been lodged at the Coimbatore central prison.
" He was the accused number 178 in the Coimbatore serial blast case reported on February 14, 1998. He transported explosive materials to Coimbatore from Kerala and harboured Al-Umma accused in Kerala. After the bomb blast, he went absconding", said ADSP Stalin.
Three more accused " including B Mujibur Rehman alias Muji from Oppanakkara Street in Coimbatore, A Jagubar Sadiq alias Tailor Raja alias Valarntha Raja, a native of South Ukkadam and NP Noohu from Thiruvannu Panniyakara in Kozhikode in Kerala" are absconding for the past 16 years.
In August 2007, a special court acquitted eight people" including Kerala-based Peoples Democratic Party leader Abdul Nasser Madhani " and ordered the release of 102 accused in blasts case. The court confirmed life imprisonment for 18 Al-Umma cadres who have been lodged at Coimbatore central prison.
