Updated: August 21, 2020 3:26:12 am
ATS officials said Gazi had allegedly given shelter to LeT operatives. (Express Photo)
The Gujarat Anti-Terrorist Squad (ATS) arrested a man from West Bengal who was allegedly involved in facilitating the escape of Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) operatives, who are accused in the 2006 Kalupur Railway Station bomb blast case, to Pakistan via bangladesh border.
According to ATS officials, the accused, Abdul Razzaq Gazi, a resident of Soldana Bazar in Basirhat of North 24 Parganas in West Bengal, was arrested on August 18 by a team of Gujarat ATS for his role in the multiple bomb blasts which occurred on February 19, 2006 on platform 2 and 3 of Kalupur Railway Station in Ahmedabad. Over 10 people were injured when blasts had occurred inside the PCO booths installed at the platforms, said a statement from the Gujarat ATS.
According to ATS officials, Gazi had allegedly given shelter to Lashkar-e-Taiba operatives including 26/11 terror attack plotter Zabiuddin Ansari alias Abu Jundal and Zulfikar Faiyyaz Kagzi and facilitated their exit from India to Pakistan via the bangladesh Border.
“The accused Abdul Razzaq Gazi was wanted for the past 14 years as he, after the 2006 Kalupur blast, had given shelter to Abu Jundal and Zulfikar Faiyyaz…
