Ahmedabad Serial Blast / When DCP of Crime Branch was stunned by a phone call from constable know how it got success

On 26 July 2008, a total of 22 bomb blasts took place in Ahmedabad city one after the other. Within 75 minutes 56 people lost their lives and 240 were injured. The banned terrorist organization Indian Mujahideen had claimed responsibility for the serial blasts. The biggest challenge before the investigating agency was to nab the mastermind and bring him to justice. After that bloody day, all the law enforcement agencies were engaged in solving the case. The case was handed over to the Ahmedabad Crime Branch under the leadership of Joint Commissioner of Police Ashish Bhatia and Deputy Commissioner of Police Abhay Chudasama.

All the investigating officers were under immense pressure to solve the case at the earliest. He activated the informers and tried his best to get the leads by working round the clock. There was some success in the beginning, but there was no concrete clue.

Let us tell you that mainly cycle bombs were used in the blasts. The blasts at LG Hospital and Civil Hospital were done using gas cylinders kept inside cars. Police were unable to ascertain any information about these vehicles. They had no clue as to where they had come from or to whom.

When was the first success?

According to an India Today report, just when the investigation seemed to be over, DCP Abhay Chudasama got a sudden call from a constable named Yakub Ali in Bharuch. The constable's first question was whether he had received any information about the car that carried out the blasts. Chudasama was initially unwilling to share any details of the case, but then Yakub Ali said, "Sir, I have seen the pictures of the blast case. The cars that were used for blasts in hospitals, I saw them in Bharuch. Is." Abhay Chudasama was stunned. Yakub further said, “I saw both these vehicles in Bharuch. I think I saw these vehicles in the parking lot of Ghulam Bhai, who lives in Bharuch, passing near his house.

Yakub got the order of inquiry

Immediately after sharing the information, Chudasama ordered Yakub to investigate to whom the cars belonged and who had brought them. Yakub ran to the house of the slave brother. He had an old newspaper in his hand. He showed Ghulam Bhai the picture of the car printed in the newspaper and asked if he recognized the car.

Ghulam Bhai gave information about the car

Ghulam Bhai was stunned. He examines the picture of the newspaper and tells Jacob that the car resembles the car of some people who lived in his house on rent for a few days. After getting the address of the owner of the car from Ghulam Bhai, Yakub immediately returned to the police station and gave this information to DCP Chudasama. At that time Yakub Ali had no idea how valuable the information he received would be. This changed the course of the entire investigation.

one man surveillance

Another constable like Yakub Ali played a major role in the investigation. Constable Dilip Thakur was assigned the task of monitoring all the phone numbers called during the serial bomb blasts in Ahmedabad. Thakur manually checked lakhs of phone numbers and some suspicious numbers were given to the investigating officers. After this the crime branch reached Abu Bashar of Lucknow, who was the main accused in the Ahmedabad serial blasts case.