Chennai, July 10 -- After evading the police dragnet for 29 years, a key accused in the 1998 Coimbatore serial bomb blasts and communal murder cases arrested by the Tamil Nadu police in Karnataka today.

The Anti Terrorism Squad (ATS) of the Tamil Nadu Police have arrested Sadiq @ Raja @ Tailor Raja @ Valarntha Raja @ Shahjahan Abdul Majid Makandar @ Shahjahan Shaik, who was a key accused in Coimbatore bomb blast case and communal murder cases across the State.

Official sources said, acting on specific and credible intelligence, a special team of ATS and Coimbatore City Police arrested the accused at Vijayapura district, Karnataka.

The said accused is a native of Coimbatore, he has been absconding for the past 29 years and never be...