More arrests soon in blasts probe: Roy

MUMBAI: Encouraged by the breakthroughs in the probe into the July 11 blasts here, Police Commissioner A N Roy on Sunday said there had been 'some positive developments' and predicted more arrests would be made 'very soon'.

Police and the Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS), which was criticised for both failing to avert the attacks that killed 200 people and the delay in making a breakthrough in the probe, got a shot in arm with the arrest of three suspects on Thursday, almost 10 days after the  blasts.

"Police were taking steps very carefully. We do not wish to create extra hype about the suspects. We have held them on suspicion and never said they are the accused in the case," Roy said.

He said there was no direct material to establish their links with the attacks, but the three arrested men - Kamal Ansari, Khalid Ahmed and Mumtaz Chaudhary - had links with the Lashker-e-Taiba and may be remotely associated with the blasts.

"Definitely these people are involved in a LeT module. We have information that these people sent men for LeT training. One thing is true, they are involved in a terrorist outfit," he said.

"We have evidence to show that these people (the arrested men) established contacts in Mumbai and even came to Mumbai once," he said.