Pune:
Maharashtra Home Minister R R Patil has admitted that there has been a delay in the probe in Pune's German Bakery blast case. But soon there will be more arrests, he said.
"We have made it clear earlier also that we will not arrest any innocent person and claim that the case has been cracked. Our investigation is on the right track. We have identified the culprits and though they have managed to evade arrest so far, we are confident of arresting them soon. I admit that there has been a delay in probing the case but ATS teams from 18 states and even the Central agencies are probing the case," he said.
Meanwhile on Sunday, Abdul Samad Bhatkal, arrested in a 2009 illegal arms seizure case, was released from the Arthur Road Jail in Mumbai, officials said.
On June 15, a court had granted bail to Abdul Samad, arrested in connection with a 2009 arms seizure case and alleged to be involved in the Pune blast case, saying there was no evidence against him.
Twenty-three-year-old Samad, a resident of Bhatkal district in northern Karnataka, had filed a bail application in the court of Additional Sessions Judge S L Pathan claiming that he was not an accused in the 2009 arms case for which he had been arrested.
Samad was picked up by ATS Maharashtra on May 25 at Mangalore airport after he returned from Dubai and immediately the Union Home Ministry was informed about it. He was charged with supplying of arms to three persons arrested from South Mumbai in August 2009.