Three from Hyderabad held for links with Darbhanga blast

HYDERABAD: Telangana Counter Intelligence (CI) sleuths and National Investigation Agency (NIA) officials have detained three persons, including two siblings from Hyderabad in connection with the Darbhanga blast. On June 17, an explosion had occurred in a parcel (a consignment of clothes) at the Darbhanga railway station. Though no one was injured in the blast, police have now established that the consignment was booked at the Secunderabad railway station.
Sources said the two brothers from Asif Nagar and a third suspect were on the watch for over a week.They allegedly had a role in booking the parcel at Secunderabad Railway Station. The parcel had explosives in a liquid form, filled in a bottle. The bottle was wrapped with garments and booked as a garment consignment. It was booked in the name of one Mohammed Sufiyan. However, the explosive-filled bottle in the parcel exploded at the Darbhanga railway station.
Based on CCTV footage, which was analysed at the Secunderabad railway station, security officials — Bihar police, Telangana CI Cell sleuths, National Investigation Agency (NIA) officials — found that two persons had disembarked from a taxi.
The intelligence sleuths have collected the Aadhaar card copy from Secunderabad station booking counter and the mobile phone number mentioned at the time of booking by the accused
During investigation, police suspected the role of the two brothers from Asif Nagar. Five days ago, when a raid was conducted at their residence, only one of the two brothers was present. It is learnt that one of the brothers was planning to take a flight to New Delhi from Hyderabad, when security officials nabbed him.
Senior Telangana police said that NIA and Bihar police were investigating the case.
As of now, there is no clarity about the role of the two suspects, who and how the liquid explosives were prepared. When Telangana police were asked whether this alleged module has links with outlawed Indian Mujahideen (IM), they said that it was too early to comment. Already, two persons from Shamli district in Uttar Pradesh were arrested in the case.