ATS team in Bangalore and Bhatkal for Mumbai blast clues

July 17, 2011

Bangalore/Bhatkal, July 17: A team of officials of Mumbai's Anti Terrorist Squad (ATS) on Sunday reached Bangalore in connection with the Mumbai serial blasts probe.

The team had visited Bhatkal in Uttar Kannada district on Saturday. Speaking in Bangalore on Sunday, Jyoti Prakash Mirji, the Bangalore commissioner, said the city police will cooperate with the team and help them with their investigation.

He alo said a team from the Bangalore police will also visit Mumbai in order to study the modus operandi of the operators and look for any similarity between the Mumbai blast and the balsts that had taken place in Bangalore last year.

Though officials did not confirm it, sources in the police department said one of the ATS teams, which is investigating the serial blasts case, visited Bhatkal.

Meanwhile, a senior police official said that since Indian Mujahideen (IM) is suspected to have carried out the blasts, the ATS team had visited Bhatkal town.

"As Bhatkal is the hometown of Riyaz Bhatkal and his brother Iqbal, founders of Indian Mujahideen, teams probing blast cases visit Bhatkal expecting crucial information about the planning and execution of blasts," he said.

However, the officer said the chances of a breakthrough in the investigation from the Bhatkal visit were very slim.

"Some of the suspects in Bhatkal are used to police investigation following blasts. They know that police will question them after any blast and hence they usually leave Bhatkal after the blasts. In most cases, investigation teams return empty handed," he said.

Meanwhile, the city police plan to visit Mumbai in the coming week. The team will examine all the scenes of the blasts and gather information about what substances were used in the bombs. They will tally them with material used in the bombs used in the 2008 serial blasts and Chinnaswamy Stadium blast in 2010 in Bangalore.

Joint Commissioner of Police (Crime) Alok Kumar explained, "We will share the information with Mumbai police. If there are similarities in the Mumbai blasts and those in Bangalore, we can work together since the outfit behind the blasts could be same."

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Deputy SP suspended over Ganesh idol procession violence in Mandya

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September 20,2024

Mandya: The Deputy Superintendent of Police of Nagamangala town in Mandya district has been suspended for "negligence and dereliction of duty" in connection with the clashes that broke out between two groups during a Lord Ganesh idol procession, police said on Friday.

This is the second suspension of a police officer over the clashes on September 11 following which mobs went on a rampage targeting several shops and vehicles leading to tension here.

The situation in the town has since returned to normalcy and most of the shops have started operating. However, adequate security forces continued to be stationed here as a precautionary measure, according to police.

Sumeeth A R, DySP (Nagamangala), was suspended on Thursday for negligence and dereliction of duty, Mandya Superintendent of Police Mallikarjun Baldandi told PTI.

"He (Sumeeth) was not present at the spot nor was he at the police headquarters when the incident occurred. He arrived late at the spot despite the sensitive nature of events," he said.

Earlier, Police Inspector Ashok Kumar posted at Nagamangala town police station was suspended for dereliction of duty in connection with the violence.

A total of 55 people have been arrested in connection with the incident.

According to police, an argument broke out between two groups, when the Ganesh idol procession by devotees from Badarikoppalu village reached a place of worship on September 11, and some miscreants hurled stones, which escalated the situation.

The police had used mild force to disperse the crowd to control the situation.

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