<p>Tahseen Akhtar, allegedly a member of Indian Mujahideen (IM), is the brain behind the string of explosions in Patna Sunday that left six dead, authorities said Monday.<br /><br /></p>.<p>"Tahseen Akhtar alias Monu, accused of several terrorist attacks, is man behind serial blasts in Patna," an Intelligence Bureau (IB) official here said.<br /><br />"Initial investigation suggested the involvement of IM in serial blasts in Patna. The modus operandi and low-intensity bomb blasts are part of IM operation," the IB official told IANS declining to be named. <br /><br />The IB official said that one of the suspects who was arrested has confessed to the involvement of IM in Sunday's seven blasts -- six of which took place in and around the Gandhi Maidan where Bharatiya Janata Party's prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi later addressed a rally.<br /><br />"More information will come out after likely arrest of three or four suspects involved in the blasts," the IB official said.<br /><br />Tahseen Akhtar, considered to be close to Yasin Bhatkal, the man who co-founded Indian Mujahideen, hails from a village in Samastipur, about 100 km from Patna.<br /><br />In the last few months, the National Investigation Agency (NIA) on more than 10 occasions raided his native village but failed to find him.<br /><br />Earlier, the NIA issued an arrest warrant against Tahseen Akhtar, and also announced a reward of Rs.10 lakh for information that could lead to his arrest.<br /><br />The NIA team arrested Mohammad Danish Ansari, an alleged operative of Indian Mujahideen, from Chakjora village in Darbhanga in January 2013. Ansari is allegedly also a close associate of Yasin Bhatkal.<br /><br />Security agencies claim Ansari provided shelter to Yasin Bhatkal in 2009-10 in Bihar.<br /><br />--Indo-Asian News Service</p>
<p>Tahseen Akhtar, allegedly a member of Indian Mujahideen (IM), is the brain behind the string of explosions in Patna Sunday that left six dead, authorities said Monday.<br /><br /></p>.<p>"Tahseen Akhtar alias Monu, accused of several terrorist attacks, is man behind serial blasts in Patna," an Intelligence Bureau (IB) official here said.<br /><br />"Initial investigation suggested the involvement of IM in serial blasts in Patna. The modus operandi and low-intensity bomb blasts are part of IM operation," the IB official told IANS declining to be named. <br /><br />The IB official said that one of the suspects who was arrested has confessed to the involvement of IM in Sunday's seven blasts -- six of which took place in and around the Gandhi Maidan where Bharatiya Janata Party's prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi later addressed a rally.<br /><br />"More information will come out after likely arrest of three or four suspects involved in the blasts," the IB official said.<br /><br />Tahseen Akhtar, considered to be close to Yasin Bhatkal, the man who co-founded Indian Mujahideen, hails from a village in Samastipur, about 100 km from Patna.<br /><br />In the last few months, the National Investigation Agency (NIA) on more than 10 occasions raided his native village but failed to find him.<br /><br />Earlier, the NIA issued an arrest warrant against Tahseen Akhtar, and also announced a reward of Rs.10 lakh for information that could lead to his arrest.<br /><br />The NIA team arrested Mohammad Danish Ansari, an alleged operative of Indian Mujahideen, from Chakjora village in Darbhanga in January 2013. Ansari is allegedly also a close associate of Yasin Bhatkal.<br /><br />Security agencies claim Ansari provided shelter to Yasin Bhatkal in 2009-10 in Bihar.<br /><br />--Indo-Asian News Service</p>