Chennai, July 10 -- In a significant and major breakthrough, the Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) of the Tamil Nadu police nabbed one of the most wanted terror suspects, Sadiq alias Tailor Raja (48), accused in the horrendous 1998 serial blasts which rocked Coimbatore city during the visit of LK Advani for Lok Sabha election campaign.
Acting on specific and credible intelligence, a special team of the ATS, comprising the Coimbatore police, arrested the accused, who had many aliases, from Vijayapura district in neighbouring Karnataka, a police release said.
He was one among the four suspects declared absconding by the CB-CID police. Brought to Coimbatore on Wednesday, he was interrogated by the police before being remanded to custody.
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