India: New Delhi Bomb Case Solved

(AP)  Indian police on Sunday claimed to have solved the Oct. 29 triple bombings in New Delhi with the arrest of an alleged Kashmiri militant, saying he was the chief conspirator and financier in the attacks.

Tariq Ahmad Dar, alleged to be a key member of the Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Tayyaba militant group, was arrested Thursday in Kashmir's city of Srinagar and brought to the capital on Friday for interrogation, Delhi Police Commissioner K.K. Paul told reporters.

"We are happy to announce the working out of the recent blast cases (in New Delhi)," Paul said.

He said "it is quite clear" from the investigations and Dar's interrogation that Lashkar was behind the near-simultaneous bombings in three crowded markets in the Indian capital that killed 60 people and injured more than 200 on the eve of the major Hindu festival of Diwali, when thousands of people were doing last-minute shopping.

"They (the bombers) wanted to create maximum impact, perhaps," Paul said.

He said police cannot reveal any more evidence, but based on "what he (Dar) has told us, and the details we have, there is sufficient evidence to prove the conspiracy," he said.

Dar has not been formally charged, but police have obtained a court's permission to detain him for 14 days for further investigation to help catch at least four other suspects, including those who planted the bombs, Paul said.

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