Mohammed Ali
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The Particular Investigation Staff (SIT) of the Crime Department-CID (CB-CID) has launched a search to nab two accused allegedly concerned in a sequence of bomb blasts in Chennai and for planting bombs in Coimbatore, Tiruchi, and at two locations in Kerala in 1999.
The police stated that after the serial blasts in Coimbatore, numerous individuals have been arrested in reference to the incident and lodged in jail throughout Tamil Nadu.
Alleging that these prisoners have been being in poor health handled in jail as a result of they have been Muslims, a gaggle set off bombs on the Police Commissioner’s workplace in Egmore, the Inspector Basic of Prisons’ Workplace on Anna Salai, and Victoria Hostel in Triplicane in 1999. In addition they planted bombs on the Police Membership in Cantonment, Tiruchi, Selection Corridor in Coimbatore, and Payangadi and Kasargod in Kerala. Nonetheless, these have been recovered earlier than exploding.
The SIT filed chargesheets towards the 22 accused in 2001. In 2002, the instances have been dedicated to the Particular Court docket for Bomb Blast Circumstances in Poonamallee, Chennai, after splitting the case towards Abubakkar Siddiq of Vedaranyam in Nagapattinam district and Mohammed Ali alias Yunus of Melapalayam in Tirunelveli district, who had each gone on the run.
Subsequently, the 21 accused have been convicted. Siddiq and Yunus have been evading arrest for the final 26 years, and the case towards them is pending trial earlier than the XIV Metropolitan Justice of the Peace Court docket in Chennai. The police additionally put up notices at Yunus’ home in Melapalayam and different locations, requiring him to look earlier than the court docket on or earlier than Might 30.
A senior police officer stated a non-bailable warrant had been issued and remained unexecuted. A proclamation will likely be issued by the court docket, he added.
Printed – April 29, 2025 09:17 pm IST
