| A professor at India's prestigious National Defence Academy was yesterday remanded to police custody for an alleged role in a blast on a suburban Bombay train that killed 12 and injured dozens, police said. The National Defence Academy, situated in Pune southeast of Bombay, trains male cadets for India's army, navy and air force. Anwar Ali, an Urdu-language instructor at the NDA, was booked under the tough Prevention of Terrorism Act and will be in police custody until May 26. Police allege Ali has ties with Islamic extremist movements including the banned Students Islamic Movement of India and Lashkar e-Taiba. "We believe he arranged the stay of the three Lashkar militants who were killed recently in Bombay," said a police officer associated with the investigation. |