New Delhi: He used Black Beauty as his code name in internet chats and has a Masters in Psychology - this is the profile of a 24-year-old Indian Mujahideen man Haider Ali, who, according to investigators, was crucial in the planning and execution of Patna serial blasts.
With Akhtar, Ali worked with the Darbhanga module, which is believed to have carried out most of the blasts that followed the Batla House encounter, before being asked to set up the Ranchi cell.
He was living in Line Mohalla, Doranda in Ranchi and trained a group of eight men to make bombs and prepare for the blasts.