The police are now seeking to corroborate certain information given by him, as well quiz him to find if he had a role in the December 28, 2005, attack at the Indian Institute of Sciences Bangalore.
The arrest comes close in the heels of an 'encounter' on Saturday, when the police shot dead three and arrested two LeT militants in Dehradun.
'This indoctrination of uneducated youth that is going on in Pakistan is a danger to the whole world, not just to India.' Mumbai Joint Commissioner of Police Rakesh Maria, the lead investigator in the attacks case, in his first interview on the acts of terror. Exclusive to rediff.com
The two were arrested barely a kilometer away from Connaught Circus, the central point of New Year celebrations.
Timers of two unexploded bombs found near the Taj Hotel had been set for about five hours following the start of the terror strikes here last week, a senior Mumbai police official said on Wednesday.
An anonymous caller, who used a public call office, to contact the Pune police, threatened to blow up the residence of Mumbai Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) Chief Hemant Karkare "within a couple of days", a top official confirmed today.
Tamil Nadu police have nabbed four men from the terror outfit for the murder of Hindu Munnani leader Suresh Kumar. Their confessions disclose their deadly agenda, reports Vicky Nanjappa.
Ahead of New Year, the Delhi police carried out mock drills to check the preparedness of the security forces.
Hrithik Roshan, Salman Khan and Shilpa Shetty were among the nine top film stars who were questioned by the Mumbai police in connection with a case involving an aide of underworld don Chhota Shakeel.
An anonymous e-mail threatening to blow up the Bombay and National Stock Exchanges prompted the police to tighten security at the key buildings in Mumbai on Monday. "An NSE official received the e-mail and I asked for security to be beefed up at the buildings immediately after being told about it," Joint Commissioner of Police (Law and Order) K L Prasad said. Prasad said that teams from the Bomb Detection and Disposal Squad have been posted outside the buildings.
The eight-member team will also put Chhota Rajan, Chhota Shakeel, Abu Salem and other underworld dons under the scanner.
The arrest lends weight to the Prime Minister's Diwali-eve comment that there were external links to terrorism on Indian soil.
The spotlight had fallen on Maria and his crack team after the CBI arrested media baron Peter Mukherjea last year. There were allegations that Maria had not probed the property angle in the case and not quizzed Mukherjea.
Police said Sharma had come to Delhi some time ago and was staying in the house of one Satish Sharma in Pandav Nagar area.
The grandson of Leela Mashelkar, Manish, submitted a memorandum addressed to Chief Minister Vilasrao Deshmukh demanding he be paid the compensation.
Chota Shakeel, a close associate of Dawood Ibrahim, has been given the responsibility of killing Mohammad Ajmal Amir Kasab, the lone terrorist arrested during the terror attack on Mumbai, according to Intelligence Bureau sources. IB sources have revealed that the Lashkar-e-Tayiba has asked Shakeel, a close associate of underworld don Dawood Ibrahim, to kill Kasab. Shakeel is currently hiding in Pakistan, said IB officials, under the patronage of the ISI & LeT.
"A few days back, Najeeb's mother had met Home Minister Rajnath Singh and requested for a CBI probe in the matter. In order to get a different perspective on the case and have a fresh look at the evidence, the matter was transferred from South District to Crime Branch yesterday," another senior officer said.
Even though programmes have been held in Ahmedabad in a show of Hindu-Muslim unity, police are taking no chances.
Saidul and Shuabul, both Bangladeshi nationals, were arrested from Shastri Park area of East Delhi on Tuesday evening after a tip off.
Two officers have been transferred for 'inept' handling of the entire episode.
Less than six months after she moved to Kota to prepare for medical entrance exam NEET, a 16-year-old girl from Jharkhand's Ranchi allegedly hanged herself to death in her hostel room, the police said.
The Kukis have already declared that they are not fielding any candidate in the parliamentary polls as an act of boycott.
Thirteen of those arrested are from a single group hailing from suburban Vile Parle and were picked up on the basis of information received from an individual, who identified them on the basis of the photographs published in various newspapers, police said.
Even those with no knowledge of the inner workings of the media and police, would find Scoop absorbing as a human drama and the story of the resilience of a woman, her family and true friends, applauds Deepa Gahlot.
Crime Branch arrested Chhota Rajan aide Vinod Chembur, a accused in an extortion case, along with the underworld don's wife Sujata.
Industrialist Sunjay Kapur, embroiled in a legal battle with estranged wife and actress Karisma Kapoor, has complained to the Delhi police that he has received an extortion threat.\n\n
Nine more bodies were found on Monday during clearing of debris almost a week after a fire devastated the two top floors of Stephen Court building on Park Street, taking the toll to 43.
Four police personnel -- a woman joint commissioner, two women constables and a sub-inspector -- were injured in stone-pelting, the police said, even as reports emerged that some protesters were also hurt.
The Delhi Police on Tuesday said protesting farmers violated the conditions pre-agreed for their tractor parade and indulge in violence and vandalism, leaving 83 of its personnel injured.
A five-member team of the Interpol met Mumbai Joint Commissioner of Police (Crime) Rakesh Maria on Monday and sought details of Ajmal Amir Kasab, the lone terrorist captured alive during the November 26 terror strikes.
Osama and Shabbir were intercepted by a team of the Delhi police's special cell, which had intelligence input that a consignment of arms and explosives from Jammu and Kashmir was to be delivered to one of the two militants.
"The decision to dismiss Sunil More was taken considering the seriousness of the case and was done as per the Indian Constitution," Joint commissioner of Police (Law and Order) Ahmed Javed said.
The two were arrested by the Mumbai crime branch sleuths late Wednesday night.
The US consulate and the american centre were closed tuesday over
At least four persons were injured in two blasts in Jalna and Parbhani in Marathwada region of Maharashtra.
Forty residents of the Ahmedabad society, including former Congress Member of Parliament Ehsaan Jafri, were killed in the post-Godhra massacre.
The Students Islamic Movement of India activists arrested for their alleged involvement in the serial blasts in Ahmedabad on July 26 are also suspected to have planted bombs in Surat, Crime Branch officials said on Thursday.
Two and three-wheelers would not be allowed to ply on the Bandra-Worli sea link, to be opened on Tuesday by United Progressive Alliance Chairperson Sonia Gandhi.
Rohit, who is in the navy, was detained by a team of Delhi Police in Mumbai at noon, said Dependra Pathak, Joint Commissioner of Police (South West) in Delhi.
