Mophajjal Hussain

Mopha Ali Gazi alias Maphizul Mandal

Maphizul Mandal

crude bomb blasts

Thane Crime Branch team

Indian Passport

The Thane police have arrested a 42-year-old Bangladeshi national convicted for three blasts at a mosque in Bangladesh in 2002.aliaswas arrested from Navi Mumbai on March 19. Hussain belongs to Satkhira in Khulna city of Bangladesh. He was living in Turbhe under the fictitious name offor the past few months, and was doing odd jobs.He was involved in the, one inside and two outside a mosque in Bangladesh, Thane crime branch police inspector Nitin Thakre said.Hussain was involved in crude bomb blasts, one inside and two outside a mosque in Illispur in the jurisdiction of Colarua police station in Bangladesh, said Thane Police Commissioner Vivek Phansalkar.One person was killed and many others were injured in the triple blasts, he said.Hussain had lost his right hand when the crude bomb exploded while he was placing it outside the mosque.He was subsequently arrested and awarded life imprisonment by a court. However, he was later granted bail on medical grounds in 2004 following which he absconded and sneaked into India from the border along West Bengal where he did some petty jobs.He was nabbed by afollowing specific information, the police said. When the police asked for his residential proof like Aadhaar card, he was not able to provide it.A senior police official said during questioning, Hussain admitted that he is an illegal Bangladeshi migrant and came to India without any proper documents.He also admitted that he absconded to evade the jail term in the bomb blasts case, the official said.He has been booked under provisions of theAct and the Foreigners Act, the official said, adding he has been remanded in police custody till Friday.