MUMBAI: Two Indian Muslims, one of them a chemical engineer, have been arrested on suspicion of involvement in this month's Mumbai train bombings that killed more than 180 people, police said yesterday. "Two men were arrested on Tuesday night for their role in the blast incidents," K P Raghuvanshi, chief of Mumbai Police's anti-terrorism squad, said.Jamir Sheikh, 31, and Sohail Sheikh, 38, were arrested after being questioned for several days over the blasts. Police suspect the two provided logistics support to the bombers, and they may have visited Pakistan to receive training. Jamir, who ran a key-cutting shop in Mumbai, and engineer Sohail were allegedly trained on how to make bombs in Pakistan in 2004-05, additional commissioner of police Jayjit Singh said. "They are from the core group that gave support to the terrorists," he alleged. "They had training in 2004-05. They told us and we have evidence for it. There will be more arrests," Singh added.
Police further said that the train bombers had probably left the country after the number of arrests in the inquiry rose to six. DNA newspaper said the duo had allegedly confessed to being members of Lashkar-e-Taiba, a pro-Pakistan militant group. Police have said that the seven co-ordinated blasts that ripped through packed first-class train carriages on July 11 bore the hallmarks of Lashkar-e-Taiba but have stopped short of directly blaming the group. "We don't have conclusive proof but we believe it's true that the people who have done it are out of the country," said Singh.