Ahmedabad Serial Blast
The family of Tanveer’s sister and brother-in-law, who lived in Pathanpura, Najibabad of Bijnor district, convicted of serial bomb blasts in Ahmedabad in the year 2008, was traced on Saturday. Tanveer’s sister had earlier moved to Surat with the family, but she returned to Najibabad as she was married here. The police obtained information from both of them regarding Tanveer’s father and other relatives.
A special court in Ahmedabad on Friday had sentenced 38 convicts of the Ahmedabad serial blasts to death, one of these convicts included Tanveer, son of Akhtar of Najibabad. To reach Tanveer’s family, the officers of the police station and intelligence department were searching for this family. Eventually these officers found Tanveer’s sister Zahida and her family living in Mohalla Havelitala on Saturday afternoon. Station in-charge Dinesh Gaur reached Zahida’s house with the police force. They found Zahida and her husband Nasir in the house. Nasir drives an e-rickshaw. The station in-charge spoke to both of them. Nasir told the police that he was married to Akhtar’s daughter Zahida in November 1987. Akhtars family had moved to Surat before Zahida’s marriage.
Akhtar’s family works in a bakery there. Akhtar and other relatives had come to Najibabad from Surat and married Zahida. Nasir told that he earns a living for the family by driving an e-rickshaw. At the same time, the police also reached the place in Mohalla Pathanpura where Akhtar and his family lived. Tanveer’s father Akhtar had three brothers. Akhtar has sold their share of the property. At present, the buyer has built a three-storey house on the said property, while the property of one of Akhtar’s brother is lying in ruins. Tanveer’s brother-in-law Nasir said that if Tanveer is guilty then he should be punished. Sister Zahida told the police that Tanveer is the youngest of seven siblings. He used to repair electrical equipment.
