MUMBAI: The ATS on Monday detained a bike thief from south Mumbai who is suspected to have played a vital role in the July 13 serials blasts in the city that killed 25 people.
Senior ATSofficials denied arresting anybody. “We have not arrested anyone in theblasts cases so far,” said ATS chief Rakesh Maria. The suspect hasreportedly been kept at the ATS’s Kalachowkie unit.
The policesaid an Activa scooter parked near the Zaveri Bazar blast site was suspected tohave been stolen. The scooter, said the police, could have been used forplanting a bomb. The police had earlier detained one Arjun Singh, an employee ofa Gujarati businessman, after they found that another damaged scooter parked atthe same blast site belonged to Singh. He told the police that his scooter wasstolen hours before the blasts.