Tauqeer ally held in Bijapur

BANGALORE: The Corps of Detectives (Bangalore) has picked up a 23-year-old youth, Mohammad Sami, suspected to be a close friend of Abdul Subhan Qureshi alias Tauqeer, the alleged mastermind of the Saturday blasts in New Delhi.

The CoD picked him up from his Bijapur residence in the wee hours of Monday. He has been brought to Bangalore for interrogations.

Sami is a third-year student of architecture studying in CAB College, Bijapur. He was earlier picked up by the Bangalore police based on information from Gujarat police, but let him off the hook as no terror links could be substantiated.

Sami was interrogated on Monday and the police were hoping he spilled the beans about the whereabouts of Tauqeer.

A senior CoD officer said Sami was seen with Tauqeer around a month ago in Bangalore and this time they have enough evidence to prove his connection with him.
Sami’s father, a government official who retired three months ago, could not believe his son was into terror activities.