'Al Umma not involved in Bangalore blast'

By Our Staff Reporter

COIMBATORE, JULY 13. No activist or sympathiser of the proscribed Al Umma is involved in the explosion in a Maruti van at Bangalore on Sunday, according to information reaching the Coimbatore police.

Police sources said here on Thursday that there was no evidence that the organisation was involved in the blast, which is now suspected to be the handiwork of some other group. The Coimbatore and Bangalore police have been in touch with each other.

Consequently, a rumour that one of those killed in the blast was ``Tailor'' Raja, one of the absconding accused in the serial blast case, has turned out to be false. To double-check the information, a team of Coimbatore police has visited Bangalore.

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