Information About Incident 41276-79065-195581 in Coimbatore India

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Madani was reportedly the first accused in the 12 serial bomb blasts that killed 33 people and injured 153 others in Coimbatore on February 14, 1998.

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• Meta Location: Coimbatore, Coimbatore
• Matched District: Coimbatore
• Actgroup: kill, injure
• Actor: the 12 serial bomb blasts that, bomb blasts that
• Subject: 33 people, 153 others

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Express Buzz reports that the arrested Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) militant and the mastermind of the July 25, 2008 Bangalore bomb blasts, Nasir, who was handed over to the Bangalore Police on December 4, has revealed to investigators that he had links with Abdul Nasir Madani, leader of the People s Democratic Party (PDP), the Police said in Bangalore. Tadaiyantavida Nasir alias Ummer Haji alias Ummer and his close aide Safaz alias Shafaz Samsuddi, were taken into custody by the Bangalore Police team lead by Assistant Commissioner Omkaraiah, City Commissioner of Police Shankar Bidari told Express Buzz. Madani was reportedly the first accused in the 12 serial bomb blasts that killed 33 people and injured 153 others in Coimbatore on February 14, 1998. But he was released after the Police failed to prove his involvement. He had close contacts with Nasir and the police are interrogating Nasir about possible involvement in the Coimbatore case, a Police officer said. Nasir allegedly visited Madani in October 2007 and acted as a mediator in a scuffle between Madani and Nasir''s associates. The Police said that Nasir reportedly revealed to investigators that he was responsible for converting youth in the Students Islamic Movement of India (SIMI) through Tareequath classes (a meeting of like minded) to the Jihadi ideology. The Police said that Nasir and his associates regularly visited Hyderabad to attend similar assemblies.

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