Police in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh (UP) Saturday claimed to have made a significant breakthrough in the last months serial blasts in three cities in the state that killed 15 people and injured 80. The Special Task Force (STF) of the UP Police today arrested the "commander" of the Harkat-ul-Jehadi Islami (HuJI) outfit and his colleague, news agency Indo Asian News Service reported.Two men identified as Khalid Mujahid and Tariq Qasmi, were arrested today by the STF near UP capital Lucknow and also seized explosives from them.
"The two arrested men were arrested with explosives, including three kgs of RDX, several packets of ammonium nitrate, half-a-dozen detonators and three mobiles," a senior UP Police official told reporters. "Interrogation of Tariq revealed that he was heading the HuJI unit in Uttar Pradesh," the official said.
The arrested duo was masterminding various terror acts across UP since 2005, the official said.