Ajmer:
The Rajasthan Anti-Terror Squad (ATS) have picked up one person named Devendra Gupta from Ajmer's Bihariganj area for his alleged involvement in the Ajmer Dargah blast in October 2007.
The ATS were watching him for the last six months. Gupta who is affiliated to a Hindu extremist group had allegedly purchased the SIM cards for the mobile hand set which triggered the blasts killing 2 people and injuring more than 15 people.
Earlier the ATS chief while speaking to NDTV in April last year had said that the man may have links to the Hindu extremist group.
"Ajmer blast investigation is still inconclusive, we haven't yet cracked the case. We are looking at various possibilities and the organization you have mentioned has been found involved in the Malegaon case and that is certainly under our scanner now," said Kapil Garg, Additional Director General of Police and ATS Chief, Rajasthan.
PTI adds:The accused is expected to be produced before a local court today, police sources said.
Officials are also probing Gupta's alleged link with Sadhvi Pragya Singh Thakur, a key suspect in the Malegaon blast case.
They said Gupta was staying in Jharkhand and had come to Ajmer on Wednesday. A SIM card recovered from the blast site helped police trace him, they said.