Abdul Subhan Qureshi mastermind of 2008 Gujarat Blasts arrested by Delhi Police
The special cell of Delhi Police has got a major success in arrest of SIMI-IM operative Abdul Subhan Qureshi, one of the most wanted terrorists in the country for masterminding the 2008 Gujarat blasts. Abdul Qureshi was arrested after a brief exchange of fire. The hunt for Qureshi began a day after 21 bomb blasts ripped through Ahmedabad on July 26, 2008. His name was first announced as a suspect by the Gujarat police in connection with an email claiming responsibility for the bombings, sent to TV channels using the WiFi network of a US national.
Qureshi, alias Tauqeer, is wanted by the NIA National Investigation Agency in connection to terror attacks in Delhi, Bengaluru and the 2006 Mumbai local train bombings. The Gujarat ATS and Ahmedabad crime branch are in touch with Delhi special cell officials in terror suspect’s arrest.
Dubbed ‘India’s Bin Laden’, Qureshi is an expert in the art of changing his appearance, which helped him give the slip to cops on a number of occasions, senior intelligence officers conjecture.
Qureshi is a ‘techie-bomber’, as he is said to be a bomb expert and had worked at top Indian IT companies located in Bengaluru and Hyderabad