Ahmedabad, 22 October 2012

Fast track court in Ahmedabad sent terror accused Abu Jundal to remand till 3 November today. Abu Jundal is one of the main conspirators of 2006 RDX blast at Kalupur railway station which had injured 25. The blast had taken place on February 19, 2006 at 1.43 am on platform number 2. A consignment of 1 kg of RDX had been concealed in a suitcase. Police suspect that the bomb was for Mumbai-Ahmedabad Karnavati Express, but mistake in setting the timer of the improvised explosive device had set it off on the station itself which saved many lives. Four persons including a police constable were arrested in connection with this case. Abu’s questioning may reveal details about the plot.

Gujara ATS had applied for his custody in July this year. Apart from the blast case. ATS is also probing the case of 2006 where Jundal is named for scouting and recruiting youths from Gujarat and other states for terror training.

The Gujarat ATS team had gone to Delhi to secure the custody of the alleged Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) operative from National Investigation Agency, and he was brought to the city by a flight from Delhi by a team of state Anti-Terrorists Squad (ATS) on Sunday amid tight security.

Abu Jundal, native of Maharashtra, was handed over to India by Saudi Arabia in June this year when the investigating agencies submitted proof of his involvement in Mumbai terror attack and his suspected role in German Bakery blast in Pune and other terrorist activities.