The ATS is likely to grill an alleged IM member Danish Riyaz in Ahmedabad who had been arrested there in connection with 2008 serial blasts in Gujarat, and other who know him and his family members.
Widening its probe into Wednesday's serial bombings, Maharashtra's Anti-Terrorist Squad is likely to question suspected Indian Mujahideen members lodged in Karnataka and Gujarat jails and has sought the assistance of Kolkata Police in tracking possible suspects.
"A police team from Karnataka has come to Mumbai to help us. An ATS team from Maharashtra will also go to Karnataka and Ahmedabad to question the IM members lodged in the jails there," said a police official.
The ATS is likely to grill suspected IM member Danish Riyaz in Ahmedabad who was arrested in connection with the 2008 serial blasts in Gujarat.
In Karnataka, police will question those who are believed to have an association with family members of Riyaz and Iqbal Bhatkal, the founder members of Indian Mujahideen.
Police said the team visited some places in Sirsi, Karnataka on information that some suspects there have a role in the blasts. However, they were tightlipped over the nature of operations being carried by the ATS team.
The ATS sought assistance from Kolkata Police to verify if any suspects had travelled to Mumbai from that city and subsequently went underground after the blasts, as part of its probe into the triple bombings in Zaveri Bazar, Opera House and Dadar that left 19 people dead and injured over 130.
The ATS has questioned the owner of a bike, found close to the blast site in Zaveri Bazar, to put the events on July 13 in order.
The maroon colour Honda Activa bearing number MH-01-AS 718 was partially destroyed in the bombings. Ashok Jain, its owner, lives in Nagpada area.
Ashok's nephew Aniket Jain, whose father owns a jewellery shop in Zaveri Bazar, said his uncle had parked the bike close to the blast site at around 3pm on Wednesday while the blasts occurred at around 6:55pm.
"ATS had called Ashok to its office at Nagpada yesterday with all the papers pertaining to the bike," said Aniket.
The bike's insurance expired two months ago. "We did not even realise that the insurance has expired," he said.
The front portion of the bike was destroyed in the blasts and the vehicle is now in police custody. Police suspect that blasts were triggered with the use of a IED kept in an abandoned umbrella, on one of the bikes there.
Meanwhile, one of the victims on Friday died in a city hospital, taking the death toll in the bombings to 19.
Babulal Das, 42 was admitted to Saifee Hospital after the blast at Opera House. He died around 3 am.
Twenty people, seriously injured in the bombings, are being treated at various hospitals in the city.
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