Five held for planting explosives in Mumbai garage

Five persons were today arrested for allegedly planting explosive material in a garage at suburban Malad in Mumbai with an intent to get its owner labelled as a 'terrorist' over a property dispute, police said.

According to police, Sajid Sheikh, Maqsood Ahmed, Mehboob amin Khan, Irfana Khan and Imran Rashid Khan were arrested in the early hours today for hatching a conspiracy to label the garage owner Salim Khan as a terrorist and get him arrested.

Salim Khan is embroiled in a dispute with his relatives over the ownership of the garage, said Shamsher Pathan, senior inspector at Pydhonie police station.

On Tuesday, two unidentified persons dropped a bag containing explosive powder, ball bearings, nuts and bolts in a car of the garage to implicate Khan, police said.

Acting on a tip off, Pydhonie police picked up the garage owner for questioning and the seized the bag on the same day from a creek, following which investigations were carried out unravelling the entire conspiracy, leading to arrests in the case, police said.