IM man’s property attached in Azamgarh

The Gorakhpur police,which is probing the 2007 serial blast,had obtained court order for attaching Baig’s property in last month. On Wednesday,two police officers,including sub-inspector Rajeev Singh,who is attached with Cant police station in Gorakhpur,went to Azamgarh. After taking police force of Azamgarh’s Kotwali police station,they went to Baig’s house.

Sub inspector Rajeev Singh said the process of attaching the property was done smoothly. “At the house,except Baig’s mother Rahat Jahan no other person was present,” he said. After attaching the property,which included an air cooler,a washing machine and other households goods,the police took it to Azamgarh’s Kotwali police station on a mini-truck. Inspector Isha Khan of Kotwali police station said that all households articles attached by the Gorakhpur police were kept in the police station.

Baig is also wanted for blasts which took place in the courts of Lucknow,Varanasi and Faizabad on November 23,2007.

The Delhi police is looking for him in the cases of blasts at Sarojini Nagar market on October 29,2005 and at five different places on September 13,2008.

In Gorakhpur,three blasts occurred at different places on May 22,2009. During investigation the police found the blasts were allegedly triggered by IM and HuJI men. The Gorkhpur police booked alleged HuJI operative Tariq Qasmi and also filed chargesheet against him. Tariq,also a native of Azamgarh,is also facing trial in UP court blast cases and is presently in jail.