Ahmedabad: The Crime branch, investigating the serial blasts, which rocked the city on July 26, has carried out massive combing operations in various areas here even as several people have been detained for questioning, police said today.
"Massive combing operations were conducted by different teams in various parts of the city last night. Several people have been detained for questioning. However, reports from all the teams are yet to be consolidated," Joint Commissioner of Police H P Singh told the PTI.
Meanwhile, the Bharuch district police received a hoax call this morning which said that explosives were found in Ankleshe city.
However, when the bomb and dog squads examined the substance on the spot, no explosives were found. Teams of Central Intelligence Bureau (CBI), police teams of Mumbai, Hyderabad, Rajashtan, Uttar Pradesh and Delhi are in Gujarat to assist the state police in probing the blasts that claimed 53 lives and injured over 140 people.
Also, the city Crime branch has sent a team of officials to Navi Mumbai after the cars used in Ahmedabad serial blasts and e-mail received in this case were traced to that area.
Yesterday, the Bharuch district police detained ten people, who were earlier associated with SIMI, for questioning.
So far, the only significant breakthrough in the serial blasts case has been the arrest of SIMI activist Abdul Halim from the Dani Limbda area of the city during a combing operation.
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