Lucknow, Sep 8: Police today quizzed a man in Balrampur district as his face resembled the sketch of one of the suspects in the Delhi High Court blast but he was let off after checking his antecedents.
“Shahzad alias Imran was called at Bela police station after some people reported that his face resembled one of the sketches of suspects issued by the Delhi Police, but he was released later,” Special Director General of Police Brij Lal told reporters here.
He said that Shahzad worked as a daily labour in Pune and returned to Gonda this morning.
“His credentials were checked with the local residents and with the manager of the company in Pune where he worked after which he was released,” he said.
The outfit had yesterday claimed responsibility for the blast outside the Delhi High Court which killed 12 people.
“We own responsibility of the blast at the High Court, Delhi. Our demand is that Afzal Guru's death sentence should be repealed immediately as we would target major High Courts and the Supreme Court of India,” the HuJI email said.
Secretary (Internal Secretary) in the Home Ministry, U K Bansal said that the NIA is also verifying the authenticity of the email received by two media channels. Delhi Police has in the past arrested several HuJI militants from the national capital.
Kishtwar has been once the hub of the Harkat-ul-Jehadi Islami (HUJI) activities.
HuJI leader Muzaffer Ahmed Illahi Daanger alias Suhail Faisal, a resident of Kishtwar, was arrested in connection with the November 23, 2007 serial blasts in courts in three cities - Lucknow, Varanasi and Faizabad in UP that killed 13 people. PTI
