1993 blasts accused arrested in Bijnore

A Mumbai serial blasts accused was nabbed from his native town, Nazibabad in Bijnore, on Saturday, 24 years after the bombings claimed nearly 300 lives. The operation was jointly led by the Uttar Pradesh Anti-Terrorist Squad (ATS) and the Gujarat Police.

Accused Qadeer Ahmed was reportedly the main conduit of Tiger Memon to offload arms and explosives at Jamnagar in Gujarat. He was later booked under the stringent Terrorist and Disruptive Activities (Prevention) Act (TADA). Ahmed had been on the run since 1993 and was hiding in the district under different identities.

UP ATS IG Aseem Arun said: "Ahmed was instrumental in getting the arms and explosives for the serial blasts offloaded at Jamnagar in Gujarat."

Acting on a tip-off by the Gujarat Police, a team of UP ATS, led Vishwajeet Singh, succeeded in locating Ahmed in Nazibabad. During interrogation, he admitted to his role in offloading the cache.