Delhi police arrests most wanted Indian Mujahideen terrorist Abdul Subhan Qureshi

A Special Cell of Delhi Police on Monday arrested Indian Mujahideen terrorist Abdul Subhan Qureshi alias Touqeer after a brief exchange of fire.

Qureshi was involved in 2008 serial blasts in Gujarat. He is also allegedly involved in various terror-related cases being probed by Delhi, Gujarat and Maharashtra police forces. 

"We have arrested India's most wanted terrorist Abdul Subhan Qureshi who is also the founder of Indian Mujahideen. He was again trying to revive Indian Mujahideen," said DCP Pramod Kushwaha.

The Special Cell officer said that Abdul Subhan Qureshi was living with forged documents in Nepal.

Qureshi has been sent to 14 days police custody by Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Deepak Sehrawat.

The Indian Mujahideen terrorist is also accused of being originally a commander of the banned terror outfit Students Islamic Movement of India (SIMI), who later with the help of other terrorists launched the Indian Mujahideen. 

41-year-old Qureshi hails from Maharashtra and he is an engineer by profession. Qureshi has also worked in top-notch companies and at one point of time, he also arranged funds for terror activities.

He had been living in Nepal under a fake identity and had gone to Saudi Arabia between 2015-2017, Kushwah said at a press conference.

Qureshi, who was editor of the SIMI magazine, was described as a good organiser.

His name had also cropped up in investigations into the serial blasts in Mumbai and Bangalore, the official said.

More than 50 persons were killed when 20 blasts ripped through Gujarat's main city Ahmedabad on July 26, 2008.

The Indian Mujahideen had taken responsibility for the blasts at the time.