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New Delhi: The Delhi police on Thursday claimed to
have arrest three persons belonging to terror outfit Indian Mujahideen who were
allegedly involved in the planning the module of the four low-intensity bomb
blasts that had taken place in Pune in August this year.
As per the statement of senior official in
Delhi police, the trio, believed to be close to fugitive Indian Mujahideen
chief Yasin Bhatkal, were apprehended by Delhi Police's elite anti-terror unit
Special Cell.
Police have recovered some arms and
ammunitions from the arrested persons.
Notably, one person was injured in the blast and no casualties were
being reported in the serial explosions that were carried out on a busy street
in Pune, on a day the Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde was scheduled to visit
the city.