Hyderabad Blasts: Bomb blast suspect got driving licence with fake address

Mohammad Abdul alias Alam (25), a suspect in Dulshuknagar twin blasts who was arrested by security forces in East Champaran district of North Bihar on Saturday, obtained his driving license from Attapur Regional Transport Office in Ranga Reddy district. It is also said he obtained the license by submitting fake documents through a middleman. Transport officials got in touch with Raxaul (Bihar) (DSP) Jitendra Pandey and noted details of Alam’s driving license seized by Raxaul police. Meanwhile, the railway police are also verifying the recordings of CCTVs at railway stations for the footage of Alam and Makrani. A senior transport official said the license was issued by Attapur RTO office and preliminary probe revealed that Alam approached a middlemen and submitted a fabricated residential proof. As per the driving license, Alam is the resident of Syed Arcade at Saptagiri colony in Mehdipatnam. Intelligence Bureau (IB) officials grilled Alam after recovering a footage of Secunderabad railway station and photographs of prominent monuments in Hyderabad. With the IB officials suspecting Alam’s role in the twin blasts, Humayunagar police visited Syed Arcade on Sunday and reportedly questioned building owner Syed about Alam’s stay at the house. Syed (56) reportedly told them that no tenant by name Alam lived there and that he never let out his house to unknown persons. Many tenants live in the two-storey building and all are known to his family, he said. Humayunagar police also questioned people in the neighbourhood. Mohammad Alam and his Somali friend Abdullah Omar Makrani had been arrested near the Indian immigration office at Raxaul, close to the Indo-Nepal border, when they were trying to sneak into Nepal.

By Mouli Mareedu
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Hyderabad Blast: Cops look for clues in CCTV footage

Even as the toll in the deadly twin blasts climbed to 16, investigators probing the terror attack are now relying on the 58-minute CCTV footage that was recorded by a Closed Circuit Television (CCTV) camera reportedly installed by a person in the vicinity of one of the blast sites. Simultaneously, the investigators have also obtained the CCTV footage that recorded the happenings in and around the Sai Baba temple, which could provide some leads in the case. The National Investigation Agency (NIA) and the Crime Investigation Department (CID), which took over the probe from the city police, are examining the video. According to sources, the video was captured by a surveillance camera captured on the premises of a house near Dilsukhnagar junction. The captured images are clear but it is not known whether the police could narrow down on any suspect.  Police have also got the visuals of the CCTV installed near the Sai Baba temple and are verifying them. “We are hopeful of getting some valuable leads,” sources said.  Though there were reports that the CCTV installed at the Dilsukhnagar junction by the traffic police department was not functioning, sources said the surveillance camera was working. “It is indeed working and even captured the commotion that took place soon after the blast but the pictures are of no use to the investigators in finding out the perpetrators,” a police officer said.  The cameras recorded the commotion, smoke, subsequent traffic jam and later it went off with power supply being cut off in the area, the officer said. “These cameras focus on the main road and are to watch the movement of the traffic,” the officer said adding it is almost impossible to come to a conclusion based on its visuals.  Investigators are also trying to come out with some evidence with the help of the video recording of some of the cameras installed in business establishments.A cloth showroom and a game zone in the vicinity of the blasts have reportedly installed CCTVs and are being verified.  Meanwhile, intelligence sleuths suspect that the actual target of the blasts was the Sai Baba temple premises rather than the roadside eatery and bus-stop. “Being Thursday, a large number of devotees visit the Sai Baba temple, which is considered as the Dakshin Shirdi, and they might have wanted to target it at the important ‘harathi’ time,” an officer said. But, sleuths said they had to change their plan in the final minute due to increased security at the temple due to the visit of Hyderabad police commissioner Anurag Sharma to offer prayers. Minutes after Anurag Sharma left the place, the high intensity twin blasts took place in Dilshuknagar.  Meanwhile, the Saroornagar and Malakpet police registered separate criminal cases with respect to the blasts which claimed as many as 16 lives and left 119 persons injured. Later, the case was transferred to Crime Investigation Department (CID) for further investigation. In a related development, locals approached Chaitanyapuri police and informed that some unknown persons came to their locality after the bomb blasts. Chaitanyapuri police said the locals alerted them stating some unknown persons came to locality and they moved under suspicious circumstances. According to locals, nearly five persons came to the locality, including two foreigners. The Saroornagar police registered the case on a complaint by a local of Dwarakapuri Colony, Gaddagolla Anand.  Police registered cases under section 324 (Voluntarily causing hurt), 326 (Voluntarily causing grievous hurt by dangerous weapons), 307 (Attempt to murder), 302 (murder) 124 (a) (Sedition), 153 (a) (promoting enmity between different groups on grounds of religion, race, place of birth, residence, language), 201 (Causing disappearance of evidence of offence) read with 120 (b) (punishment for criminal conspiracy), section 3 and 5 of Explosives substances Act 1908 and section 16, 17 of unlawful activities (Prevention) act 1967. The Malakpet police also registered criminal cases under section 302 (murder), 307 (attempt to murder) and 120 (b) (criminal conspiracy) read with section 3 and 5 of explosives sub stances Act 1908. It is likely that the NIA will seek to interrogate IM operative Sayed Maqbool, who is presently lodged in a jail in Delhi in connection with the Pune blasts, to know more about his associates in Hyderabad. Meanwhile, forensic experts said that the bombs used in the twin blasts were IEDs and built for causing maximum damage. The forensic experts, in their preliminary report, have said that no RDX was used. “Ammonium nitrate was mixed in a small quantity of an explosive chemical and packed with iron nails and nuts and bolts and 3 to 9 volt batteries,” they said. Timers were used to trigger the blasts within five minutes of each other.

By Mouli Mareedu
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‘All policemen are not corrupt’

The Traffic Head Constable R Sanjeeva Reddy

Minutes after an autorickshaw came to an abrupt halt on the busy stretch of Lakdikapul-Saifabad, a 50-year-old traffic head constable, who was regulating traffic in front of the Director General of Police (DGP)’s office, blew his whistle and said, “Gaadi ko aage lelo” (move the vehicle away). The auto driver, however, called another auto and started hurriedly shifting three bags into it. The cop then called out to the autowallah once again telling him to clear the area. One of the occupants of the auto then walked up to the cop and offered him a bribe to calm down for a while as they were shifting the material. Smelling something fishy, the constable decided to see what the material was. As he opened one of the bags, he was left aghast. It was stuffed with currency bundles! “When the person tried to bribe me, I thought they must be carrying something illegally. As I was checking it, the person fled. I found that the three bags were full of 1,000 rupee bundles,” recalled R Sanjeeva Reddy, the head constable attached to the Saifabad Traffic Police whose presence of mind led the police to a major catch of Rs 6.70 crore of unaccounted money on Wednesday. The day after, however, it was business as usual for Sanjeeva Reddy who got busy with his traffic control duty at the DGP office. “Sir, all policemen are not corrupt. Though I was offered a bribe, I refused to accept it. I warned them of taking the auto to the police station.” When he asked them about the bags, the auto driver and the other person said they were carrying some valuable material for marriage purpose, he said. After the duo fled, he handed over the three cash bags to the chief security officer of the DGP office while alerting his higher ups. Minutes later, higher officials, including additional commissioner of police, Traffic, CV Anand who were in the DGP office came out and verified the contents of the bags much to their astonishment. “Anand sir patted me and appreciated my work. It was a big day in my life,” Sanjeeva Reddy said with a sparkle in his eyes. Sanjeeva Reddy joined the department in 1983 as a constable and worked in the Head Office, CAR, Law and Order wing in Asifnagar police station. He was promoted as head constable and transferred to the Saifabad traffic police station a few years ago.  Senior police are planning to reward Reddy for his outstanding job.

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Comments(4)

Country must appreciate Sanjeeva Reddy for his honest duty simply because he is from Middle class.. Because middle class only having good principles and this country to day is progressing means with middle class people only. The poor class (auto drivers will bend to any bribe) the rich class the other person in other end that is the so called owner of the cash belongs to rich class. Our politicians also rich class and their appreciation of Sanjeeva Reddy is not from their heart. People must understand. The statement all police men are not corrupt is correct to some extent

Posted by Mahesh at 11/09/2012 12:31 Reply to this Report 

 

Well done Mr. Reddy. The country needs more people like you. The country is still surviving because there are honest people left who are ready to fight against corruption in an undemonstrative way unlike politicians.

Posted by Vidhi at 11/09/2012 14:46 Reply to this Report abuse

 

Had Mr.Reddy been corrupt he would have become wealthier by demanding more money to allow the auto after seeing the currency.But his conscious never leaned towards the corrupt money but made him a highly responsible,sincere and disciplined HC with moral values.This is a great lesson to all DSPs,IPS officers who earn crores as bribes.I request you to kindly send these mails to Sanjeeva Reddy so that he will be happy to know the public response. Posted by Jayaprakash Katta at 11/09/2012 15:56 Reply to this Report abuse

 

Very happy to read this. India is happy to have such an honest head constable in Sri sanjiva reddy . He deserves much more higher responsibility. Again congrats to him.

Posted by Mohanraj at 11/09/2012 23:33 Reply to this Report abuse

City airport a safe conduit for drugs?

The two persons, who were caught transporting narcotic substances at the Rajiv Gandhi international airport at Shamshabad here, have confessed that they are professional traffickers in ‘happy tablets’ (Methaqualone) to other countries by air. The two Tamilians, who smuggled drugs many times to other countries by air, chose the city airport which they found to be a ‘safe conduit’ because of lack of thorough checking. A senior officer of the Air Intelligence Unit said the due had transported the Methaqualone drug from airports in Goa and Bangalore in the past but chose the Hyderabad airport this time to transport the drug as they thought customs check here was a little lax. But luck did not favour them in their maiden attempt here as the customs officials nabbed them and recovered huge quantities of the depressant from them. Customs officials collected valuable information from the accused and alerted the Bangalore, Chennai and Goa airport officials about the possible drug smuggling by cargo flights from those airports by the gang. They provided the names and other details of the gang to their counterparts. The accused, Rakhi McGuinness (28) and  Abhilash Vijayan (30), were detained at the RGIA while they were about to board a Kualalumpur-bound flight carrying 10 kg of Methaqualone. Police seized the narcotic substance from them.  Another senior officer from one of the investigation agencies said many companies  manufacture Methaqualone for medical usage. Consumption of just one tablet of  Methaqualone gives a heavy sedation.

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Fifth-time punishment claimed schoolboy’s life

Mohammed Ismail, the Class X student who died after he was made to do 600 sit-ups by his class teacher, had been subjected to a similar punishment four times earlier, his family members have alleged. The family has now demanded closure of the school even as they are yet to come to terms with the loss. "It was the fifth time that this kind of corporal punishment was given to Ismail by the class teacher. Initially, Ismail never reported the incidents to his parents due to fear. It was only while undergoing treatment at the hospital that he told his parents about the cruel punishment,'' his uncle, Mohammed Abdul Hussain, told Express. Siddique Hussain, Ismail's father, had brought his son to Hyderabad from Dubai a few years ago. "Hussain wanted to provide quality education to his son and wanted him to learn the family culture and customs," said the relative. "As fate had it, days after he reached Hyderabad, Ismail met with an accident in which his legs were damaged. During the course of surgery, doctors put a rod in one of the legs which enabled him to walk. With the class teacher making him do more than 600 sit-ups, his leg could not take the strain and he fell ill and could not walk. Initially, we did not know that Ismail had been punished in this manner and we thought it was only fever," Hussain said.  He alleged that Royal Embassy High School chairman Adil was bringing pressure on police officers and trying to save the teacher, Mubin, who imposed the corporal punishment on the student. "When kids make mistakes in classrooms, the teacher should inform their parents. Why should teachers take the harsh decision to award corporal punishment? Who is responsible for the death of Ismail?'' he asked. Ismail's cousin Md Mukkaram said, "By the time we reached the school, police forces had already been deployed there. We suspect the school chairman is trying to hide the teacher," he added.

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‘Astrologer’s prediction disturbed principal’

Aurora PG and Degree College principal Ravi Paturi, who committed suicide on Friday by jumping into Hussain Sagar lake, had recently approached an astrologer seeking advice for his problems. The sooth-sayer predicted that Ravi would meet a hazardous road accident shortly.  That got Ravi worried and he started following all advices given to him to ‘avoid’ the accident.  It disturbed him so much, that the man who had motivated and counselled thousands of young minds against committing suicide, had jumped to his own death.  “Since college, Ravi had a strong personality and was very intelligent.  Those factors attracted me towards him. We had a love-cumarranged marriage and have three daughters,” an inconsolable Megha Malini, Ravi’s wife, said.  Megha tried her best to divert him from superstitions, but Ravi followed all principles of astrology and even read related books.  As Express reached his flat located at Vijaypuri Colony in Tarnaka, Ravi’s youngest daughter, 5-year-old Vidusha, was playing with her elder sister Sukrithi. Her uncle had told her that her “papa would come home shortly to play with them. ” Ravi’s eldest daughter Varthiya, an intermediate first year student, was consoling her mother who was weeping in front of Ravi’s photo.  He was supposed to leave for Kolkata and Singapore to attend a conference. Tearfully, Megha recalled the recent past when the couple had discussed Vidusha’s birthday celebrations that would be held next Monday. He even promised to come home on Sunday from Kolkata to celebrate his daughter’s birthday.  The incident took place on Friday, when Ravi had handed over his car keys to the apartment watchman and gone out.  He took the auto-rickshaw of Chandra Reddy, a driver known to the family and resides in the same Vijaypuri Colony, and rushed to Necklace Road.  After reaching the place, Ravi gave his gold ring, chain and debit cards to Reddy and asked him to hand them over to his wife. When he handed over Ravi’s belongings to Megha, she suspected something wrong and rushed to the spot.  She searched for him all over at the necklace road but in vain.  A day later, Megha received a call from police stating that a body was retrieved from the lake. When they went to the place for indentification, their worst fears came true.  “The suicide has shattered our lives.  We achieve nothing with suicides.  Even though Ravi was a great motivator to many young minds, he left my life dark by leaving me alone,” Megha lamented. Ravi, a native of Adoni in Kurnool district, pursued higher education in Osmania University till 1988 and received three gold medals.

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Love Drove Mumbai Gangster to Kidnap Girls

One Antony, who is leading a gang in Mumbai, is believed to be the mastermind behind the abduction of the four girls from a rehabilitation home here where they were lodged after their rescue from flesh trade. Antony, who happens to be the boyfriend of one of the four girls, led the operation and took them to Mumbai by air. A day after the daring kidnap at the rehab centre, being run by Ujjwala, an NGO, at Ramanthapur in Cyberabad police commissionerate limits, four police teams comprising senior police officials left for Mumbai and Kolkata in search of the kidnappers. A brothel organiser Sai, whom the police took into custody in connection with the kidnap, revealed that the Mumbai gangster was involved in the kidnapping. Sai, a resident of Krishnanagar in Yousufguda, had earlier been arrested by the Kukatpally police in a flesh racket case. Police raided his house and rescued the four girls who were kidnapped on Saturday. Uppal inspector Lakshmikanth Reddy told Express that Antony is a friend of Seema, one of the four girls. ``Antony used to visit the centre to meet Seema. The rehab centre officials confirmed that Antony had met Seema several times. He used to tell them that he is her brother-in-law,'' the inspector added. Meanwhile, police visited airline agents' offices in the city and spoke to passengers who flew to Mumbai, Kolkata and Chennai  friom Hyderabad. ``Soon on receiving information about the kidnap,  we alerted our men on the  Maharashtra border but did not get any lead. We suspect that the kidnappers took the girls to Mumbai by flight,''  police said. It is also learnt that Antony requested the rehab centre to send his girl friend away with him and that he would submit papers and undertaking that he would take care of her. But, the staff asked him to take court permission by submitting documents establishing his relationship with Seema. A few days ago, Seema had made calls to Antony and requested him to take her away from the rehab centre. ``We have collected call data of Seema's mobile. We are sure of arresting the guilty," Lakshmikanth Reddy said. Of the four, Seema belongs to Hyderabad,  Salima to Mumbai and Zareena and Latha to Kolkata. Interestingly, the family of Seema was not interested to take her back home from the centre. With the girls having stayed at the centre for six months, police approached Seema's family members and requested them to take her back into their fold but the family turned down the request of the police. The girls, who are aged between 16 and 20, had been rescued from flesh trade by the Kukatpally and Miyapur police and were accommodated at the rehabilitation centre at Ramanthapur after producing them in a court six months ago.

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