Halim remanded to 14 days police custody

SIMI activist Abdul Halim was arrested on Sunday in connection with the serial bomb blasts in Ahmedabad.

SIMI activist Abdul Halim who was arrested on Sunday in connection with the serial bomb blasts in Ahmedabad was on Monday remanded to 14 days police custody by a local court in Ahmedabad.

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Metropolitan Magistrate GM Patel remanded Halim on an application by the city crime branch.

The crime branch has also shown him wanted in a 2002 case to obtain his remand. The crime branch has said that he has been working to recruit people and instigate people for Jehadi activities.

Halim was the first person to be arrested in connection with the 16 serial blasts that killed 49 people and injured more than 145.