American Centre attack suspect arrested in Gaya

In this October 5, 2012 file photo, police barriers were set up outside the premises of the American Centre in Kolkata on Friday as a Muslim organisation took to the streets to protest against the controversial film, Innocence of Muslims. The protests paralysed the central parts of the city throwing traffic out of gear for well over four hours.

A suspect in the 2002 terror attack on American Centre in Kolkata was arrested from Bihar’s Gaya district, police said on Sunday.

A team of Gujarat Anti-Terrorist Squad, Jharkhand Police and Bihar police arrested Mohammad Sarwar from Neemchak Bathani police station area late last night, Deputy Inspector General of Police, Magadh, Saurabh Kumar said.

He is also a suspect in an attack on a CBI team and the Jharkhand police in Hazaribagh in the same year.

In that incident, two attackers were killed but Sarwar had managed to escape.

The DIG said the suspect had been taken to Hazaribagh in Jharkhand after his arrest.

Six killed

Two motorcycle-borne men had indiscriminately fired using an AK-47 assault rifle at policemen stationed outside the American Centre on Jawaharlal Nehru Road in Kolkata on January 22, 2002 killing six of them and injuring 14 others.

Prime accused in the case, Aftab Ansari, had been arrested in Dubai and deported to India on February 9, 2002.