‘LPG cylinders used in Gujarat blasts manufactured in UP’

The LPG cylinders, which were used in the blasts at LG Hospital and Civil Hospital, have been found to be...

The LPG cylinders, which were used in the blasts at LG Hospital and Civil Hospital, have been found to be manufactured in Merath, Uttar Pradesh , with their distributors traced to Kalupur, Ahmedabad.

Sources said Ahmedabad’s Detection of Crime Branch (DCB) officials have been trying to find the distributor of cylinders in Ahmedabad city. According to DCB officials, LPG cylinders of 5-litre capacity each were used in the blasts at the two hospitals with at least two manufacturing agencies, from Merath, Mayur and Golden Click, sending them to Ahmedabad through a distributor in Kalupur.

Sources said the distributor has been detained for questioning. Five cylinders were used in the blasts that occurred outside the Trauma Centre of the Civil Hospital in which more than 25 people were killed.

Hubli blast suspect held

MUMBAI: The Maharashtra Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) on Saturday arrested a suspect in the May-10 blast at a court in Hubli in Karnataka. The accused, identified as Zakti Shaukat Ali Iqbal Ahmed of Belgaum, was handed over to the Karnataka Police for further investigations. “The arrested was held at the Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport. He had arrived from Muscat. After conducting enquiries, we found he was wanted in connection with the Hubli court blast,” said Joint Commissioner of Police, ATS, Hemant Karkare. “This arrest is not related to the recent Ahmedabad or Bangalore blasts.”