In a major breakthrough, a resident of Sirivaram village in Rajampet mandal was picked up by the Rajasthan police for allegedly being involved in the serial blasts. A team from the Bhavaneswar Kotwal PS arrested him on suspicion. G. Rajendra Yadav alias Azad, 24, was picked up on Tuesday under Section 109 CrPC for concealing presence with a view to commit a cognizable offence.

Yadav is currently being interrogated for his alleged role in the serial blasts that rocked Jaipur, Bengaluru and Ahmedabad. According to the Rajampet rural circle inspector of police, Mr Ravi Kumar Reddy, the accused was holding a fake passport in a Muslim name.

“People from here often go to the Gulf with fake passports. Yadav went to Kuwait four years ago. His family said they have no idea about his whereabouts. Yadav was in touch with his family only for a year and since then he was missing. Yadav’s father is a farmer at Siriaram. After we received information about his arrest, our team went to the village and interacted with his parents,” the inspector informed. The officer added that, “So far we have not recieved any information about his terror links. It may be case of false passport.”