Patna blasts mastermind Tehsin Akthar arrested by Delhi police

March 25, 2014 08:55

Vicky Nanjappa reports: Tehsin Akthar, the man who is suspected to be the current chief of terror outfit Indian Mujahideen, has been detained by a special team of Delhi police from near the India-Nepal border in Bihar.

Akhtar is suspected to be the mastermind of the Patna blasts in October 2013.

Tehsin's arrest comes close on the heels of the arrest of Waqas Ahmed, a Pakistan-based IM operative who was among the terrorists who planned and carried out the 13/7 serial blasts in Mumbai.

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