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Delhi serial blast suspect arrested in Jammu and Kashmir

     New Delhi: Delhi police today said that army troops have arrested a Lashkar-e-Taiba militant from Banihal in Jammu and Kashmir, who admitted that he was involved in the October 29 serial blasts in New Delhi that claimed nearly 70 lives and injured over 200. The police identified the arrested suspect as Ghulam Mohiuddin, and said that he was arrested on Monday. During his interrogation, Mohiuddin claimed that he had a hand in triggering the blasts after which he went into hiding. The Joint Commissioner of Delhi Police (Special Cell), Karnail Singh, who is heading the probe into the blasts, said "the claims made by the apprehended militant will be verified. He will be brought to Delhi for questioning to ascertain the veracity of his claims." On November 2, the Delhi Police released three sketches of a suspect involved in one of the bomb blasts in Govindpuri in South Delhi. Ther police made the sketches on the basis of descriptions provided by passengers of the bus in which the blast took place.