During his interrogation, he denied any role in the blasts and mentioned thename of Zahid Sheikh. Imran Sheikh and Sajid Mansuri had visited Jaipur on May13, 2008, when the serial blasts there had taken place. The improvised explosivedevices (IEDs) used in Ahmedabad and Surat were assembled at three differentplaces--in the house at Vatva in Ahmedabad in which Abu Bashir was staying, inImran Sheikh's house in Vadodara and in another house in Kalpur in Ahmedabad. Itis not known who was staying in the Kalpur house.
Zahid Sheikh, a resident of Juhapura in Ahmedabad
The interrogation of Imran Sheikh led to him. He allegedly confessed that hehad planted bombs on cycles in Ahemdabad. He named at least three people whowere involved in the purchase of the bicycles and delivery of the IEDs. ZahidSheikh was under surveillance by the Ahmedabad police even before the blasts. Hehad also attended the training camps in Kerala and Gujarat under an assumedname. He had provided local logistics support for a team of nine -- five fromMadhya Pradesh, two from Maharashtra and two from Karnataka -- which had come toAhmedabad. The team held meetings in the Bapunagar area of Ahmedabad in April,another one in a different city in May and the final one on July 20 at Zahid'sresidence. Zahid's confession led to the arrest of Yunus Mansuri, ShanshuddinSheikh, Arif Kadri, Gyasuddin from Ahmedabad and Imran, Usman Agarbattiwala,Iqbal Sheikh and Sajid Mansuri from Vadodara.
Usman Agarbattiwala, aged 24
A B.Com graduate from MS University of Vadodara. Attended training camps inKerala and Pavagadh near Vadodara under an assumed name. His laptop wasallegedly used for programming the timer chips for the IEDs planted in Surat,which failed to explode.
Sajid Mansuri, a former zonal secretary of the SIMI in Gujarat
Sajid Mansuri, who was absconding since 2001, was arrested from Bharuchafter the blasts.
Abdul Subban Qureshi
An explosive expert who holds a diploma in electronic engineering. Heallegedly procured ammonium nitrate and timers for the Ahmedabad operation andhad them stored in a safe house in Bharuch, He had attended the meetings of theSIMI to plan the serial blasts. The arrested suspects have claimed that it wasAbdul Subban Qureshi who drafted the three e-mails claiming responsibility forthe blasts of November,2007, in UP, May in Jaipur and July in Ahmedabad onbehalf of "Indian Mujahideen". He forwarded the drafts to Mufti Bashir.Qureshi is absconding.
Adnan also known as Hafiz Mullah
A young computer engineer and a prominent SIMI organiser for South India. He wasarrested along with some other SIMI leaders in Indore in March 2008. He hadnamed Abu Bashir as responsible for SIMI activities in Gujarat.