Suspect in 2002 American Centre Attack in Kolkata Arrested

In a joint operation, the Gujarat ATS, Jharkhand Police and Bihar police captured the suspect in Gaya today.

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A suspect in the 2002 terror attack on American Centre in Kolkata was arrested from Bihar’s Gaya district, police said today.

A team of Gujarat’s Anti-Terrorist Squad, Jharkhand Police and Bihar Police arrested Mohammad Sarwar from Neemchak Bathani police station area late last night, Deputy Inspector General of Police, Magadh, Saurabh Kumar said.

“In a joint operation, Md Sarwar has been arrested and is presently being interrogated in Hazaribagh”, said SP Gaya Avkash Kumar.

Avkansh Kumar, SP, Gaya

Sarwar was arrested on a lead presented by another terror operative recently captured by Gujarat police, Mohammad Hasan, a distant relative of Sarwar.

He is also a suspect in an attack on a CBI team and Jharkhand Police in Hazaribagh in 2002. In that incident, two attackers were killed but Sarwar had managed to escape.

Two motorcycle-borne men had indiscriminately fired with an AK-47 assault rifle at policemen outside the American Centre on Jawaharlal Nehru Road in Kolkata on 22 January 2002 killing six of them and injuring 14 others.