Jaipur blasts: Madrassa teacher among 2 detained

The Special Investigation Team probing the May 13 serial blasts in Jaipur [ Images ] has detained a madrassa teacher and a telephone booth owner for their alleged role in the bombings that killed 66 people.

The SIT detained Hakimuddin, the teacher, and Kamil on Tuesday night, police said.

Hakimuddin, a resident of Nagla Imam Khan village of Mathura district, was living in Jaipur for the past two years and 15-year-old Kamli was running a PCO booth at Khumer Gate in Idgah Colony.

Both were detained following disclosure of their names by Mohammed Ilyas, the imam of the Jama Masjid in Bharatpur [ Images ], who was detained last Friday and taken to Jaipur for interrogation.

A computer, a mobile phone and diaries were seized from Ilyas.

Hakimuddin and Kamil have been taken to Jaipur for questioning, the police said.

Eight near-simultaneous blasts in crowded market places and near a Hanuman [ Images ] temple in the walled city left 66 people dead and over 100 injured.