July 13: Cops grill ‘IM man’ in jail

Danish was arrested from Vadodara railway station on June 21 this year following a tip-off that he was coming from Hyderabad to meet his friend.

State police sources said the Maharashtra ATS is closely following on Danish’s connections in Ranchi,where he had provided shelter to Tauqeer,an absconding IM operative who is wanted in connection with the Ahmedabad serial blasts.

Sources said the Maharashtra ATS has sent teams to Indore,Ranchi,Lucknow and Pune and it may question Danish in connection to the Mumbai blasts since he has close links with alleged IM founder Amir Raza.

Ahmedabad police said Danish’s name figures in the Intelligence Bureau’s list of key IM operatives.

Meanwhile,Danish,whose remand period was ending in other cases related to the Ahmedabad serial blasts,was today arrested for a third time for his role in the 2008 blast at the city Civil Hospital.

The Ahmedabad Crime Branch has booked him in 21 different cases in connection with the 2008 serial blasts in the city.

DCP Crime Himanshu Shukla said,“Danish has been arrested in the Civil Hospital blast case. He was earlier arrested in the Khadia and LG hospital blast cases.” Shukla said the blast at the Civil Hospital was the biggest one during the 2008 serial blasts in Ahmedabad.