Police Arrest 2008 Gujarat blast mastermind Abdul Subhan Qureshi

New Delhi Jan 22: Delhi Police Today have said that they have arrested a man, suspected to be the mastermind of the 2008 Gujarat blasts.

PS Kushwah, Deputy Commissioner of Police (Special Cell), said: "they arrested one of the most wanted terrorists of Students Islamic Movement of India(SIMI) - Indian Mujahideen (IM) Abdul Subhan Qureshi after a brief exchange of fire."

"He is the mastermind of the 2008 serial blasts in Gujarat," Kushwah said. The Police have also added that "We have found pistols and documents on Qureshi; he was trying to revive the SIMI and the Indian Mujahideen."

"Qureshi went to Nepal with fake documents and was living there for many years. He also went to Saudi Arabia between 2013 and 2015 and returned to India to revive the terror network."

Serial bombings took place in Gujarat in 2008, in which 56 people were killed.