Cops pat their backs, says Ahmedabad blasts cracked

New Delhi: The Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) chief Hemant Karkare on Saturday spoke to media in relation to the Ahmedabad blast probe.

“Whenever we had any information on the Ahmedabad blasts, we passed it on to Gujarat police. There have been some links with Navi Mumbai like the cars and the e-mail,” he said.

“Out of those arrested for the Ahmedabad blasts, three were on our suspect list,” Karkare said.

“Most of the suspects who have been questioned had engineering backgrounds. Details of Sajid Mansuri, Shamsuddin Sheikh and Arif Kazi were given to Gujarat police by Maharashtra,” said the ATS.

“There are many aspects of the investigation, which we are still working on,” said Maharashtra’s anti-terrorism squad.

On the terror e-mail, the IP of which was traced to Kenneth’s computer, Karkare said, “We haven't reached to the bottom of the e-mail case. We haven't given anyone a clean chit on that including US National, Kenneth Haywood. We still have suspects and we expect to get the results of the narco tests by Tuesday.”

The ATS revealed that they detained two people, Nadim and Ayaz from Pune with fake currency. “They are suspected to be involved in the Ahmedabad blasts,” the ATS said.

Praising the coordination among the investigating agencies, ATS chief also said, “Our work with Gujarat police is an example of how cooperating with each other can help in solving the most difficult of cases.”