Accused in dargah blast held
Shahpur police apprehended one Amjadkhan Pathan on Wednesday for his alleged involvement in the explosion that took place at the dome of Abdul Wahab Saheb’s Dargah in Khanpur area.

The blast occurred on Saturday afternoon even as the city police maintained a heavy bandobast following deputy prime minister L.K. Advani’s visit to the city on the same day. However, no one was injured in the blast.

Shahpur police inspector P.P. Kanani and PSI J.T. Rana, who were investigating the case, zeroed in on Pathan, after collecting information to those arrested during communal violence in the area.

They discovered that Pathan’s residence was in a chawl behind the Dargah, and was arrested during the riots for supplying explosives. DCP Zone II Vikas Sahay said, "When questioned, Pathan confessed that he had placed the explosives on the dome after his release from jail, about eight months ago. He still had some explosives with him. But, I find it hard to believe that the explosives remained intact on the dome for such a long period, and then it suddenly went off after the area received rains." Pathan is still being interrogated about it.

Republished from The Asian Age