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{{short description|Terrorist bombings in India}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2024}}
{{Use Indian English|date=April 2017}}
{{Infobox civilian attack
| title = 13 September 2008 Delhi bombings
| image =
| caption =
| location = [[Delhi]], India
| coordinates = {{Coord|28.6|77.2|region:IN-DL_type:landmark}}
| date = 13 September 2008
| time-begin = 18:07
| time-end = 18:38 [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
| timezone = [[UTC+05:30]]
| type = Bombings
| fatalities = 20–30
| injuries = 90–135
| perps =
| perp = [[Indian Mujahideen]]
| weapons = [[Ammonium nitrate]]-based bombs tied to integrated circuits with timers
| motive = [[Islamic terrorism]]
}}
{{Terrorist attacks in India (since 2001)}}
The '''13 September 2008 Delhi bombings''' were a series of five synchronised [[Explosion|bomb blasts]] that took place within the span of a few minutes on Saturday, 13 September 2008 at various locations in [[Delhi]], India.<ref name="Times">{{cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Serial-blasts-rock-Delhi-30-dead-90-injured/articleshow/3479914.cms|title=Serial blasts rock Delhi; 30 dead, 90 injured|date=14 September 2008|location=India|access-date=13 September 2008|first1=Rahul|last1=Tripathi|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080915175046/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Serial_blasts_rock_Delhi_18_dead/articleshow/3479914.cms|work=[[The Times of India]]|archive-date=15 September 2008|url-status=live}}</ref> The first bomb exploded at 18:07 IST, and four other blasts followed in succession,<ref name="Times"/> with at least 20 people killed and over 90 injured.<ref name="IBN">{{cite news|url=http://in.ibtimes.com/articles/20080914/india-delhi-serial-bomb-blast-terrorism-indian-mujahedeen.htm|work=International Business Times|title=New Delhi serial blasts death toll rises to 30; India on high alert|first=Gaurav|last=Sharma|date=14 September 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080915092718/http://in.ibtimes.com/articles/20080914/india-delhi-serial-bomb-blast-terrorism-indian-mujahedeen.htm|archive-date=15 September 2008}}</ref>

==Background==
Three bomb attacks had already occurred the same year in India. The first of these was on [[13 May 2008 Jaipur bombings|13 May in Jaipur]]. The series of nine blasts over a span of 15 minutes claimed 63 lives, and injured 216.<ref>"[http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/PoliticsNation/World_support_in_fight_against_terror/articleshow/3040952.cms World condemns blasts, promises support in fight against terror]", [[The Economic Times]], 15 May 2008.</ref> The second series of nine bomb blasts took place on [[2008 Bangalore serial blasts|25 July in Bangalore]], and claimed 2 lives, while injuring 20.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20121021103017/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2008-07-25/india/27931790_1_blasts-rock-serial-blasts-timer-devices 6 blasts rock Bangalore, two killed, 20 wounded]</ref> The next day, on [[2008 Ahmedabad bombings|26 July in Ahmedabad]], a spurt of 21 blasts killed 56 people and injured over 200.

The [[Indian Mujahideen]] claimed responsibility for the Jaipur bombings through an email sent to Indian media<ref>"[http://indiatoday.digitaltoday.in/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=8257&issueid=53&Itemid=1 Indian Mujahideen sends pre-blast video footage]", [[India Today]], 14 May 2008.</ref> and declared "open war" against India in retaliation for what it said were 60 years of [[Persecution of Muslims|Muslim persecution]] and the country's support of [[United States]]' policies, most notably the [[War in Afghanistan (2001–2021)|war in Afghanistan]].<ref name="CNN">{{cite news|url= http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/09/13/india.delhi.blasts/|title=Officials: At least 14 dead in New Delhi blasts|publisher=CNN|access-date=13 October 2008|date=14 September 2008|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20081024021303/http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/09/13/india.delhi.blasts/|archive-date=24 October 2008 }}</ref> ''[[The Times of India]]'' has reported that either the banned organisation [[Students Islamic Movement of India]] or the militant organisation [[Lashkar-e-Taiba]] could be behind the blasts in Bangalore.<ref name="SIMI, LeT may be behind Bangalore blasts: IB">{{cite news|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2008-07-25/india/27920373_1_bangalore-blasts-serial-blasts-simi|title=SIMI, LeT may be behind Bangalore blasts: IB |date=25 July 2008|location=India|access-date=25 July 2008| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20080729170302/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/SIMI_LeT_may_be_behind_Bangalore_blasts_IB__/articleshow/3279993.cms|work=[[The Times of India]]| archive-date= 29 July 2008 }}</ref> Similar to the [[Jaipur]] case, after the [[Ahmedabad Blasts|Ahmedabad blasts]], several TV channels reported that they received e-mails from the [[Indian Mujahideen]] claiming responsibility for the terror attacks.<ref name="itgo">{{cite web|title=16 blasts in Ahmedabad; 49 dead, 145 injured|work=[[India Today Group]]| publisher=[[Living Media]]|date =27 July 2008|url=http://www.itgo.in/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&issueid=&id=7098&sectionid=9&secid=0&Itemid=1|access-date =27 July 2008|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20080803160936/http://www.itgo.in/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&issueid=&id=7098&sectionid=9&secid=0&Itemid=1| archive-date=3 August 2008 }}</ref>

Police say the Indian Mujahideen is an offshoot of the banned [[Students' Islamic Movement of India|Students Islamic Movement of India]], but allege that local Muslims are given training and backing from militant groups in neighbouring [[Pakistan]] and [[Bangladesh]].<ref name="REUTERS">{{cite news|url=http://uk.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUKLD36237120080913 |title=Five bombs explode in Indian capital |agency=Reuters|access-date=13 October 2008 |date=13 September 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080916100746/http://uk.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUKLD36237120080913 |archive-date=16 September 2008 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

==Details==
[[File:Delhi 2008 blasts final.svg|thumb|right|300px|A map of Delhi showing the blast locations<ref>[http://www.rediff.com/news/2008/sep/13delhi9.htm Where the terrorists struck in Delhi] (Rediff, 14 September 2008)</ref>]]
Five blasts took place within a span of 31 minutes from 18:07 to 18:38 [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20080914140038/http://www.hindustantimes.com/news/specials/popup/14_09_blast1.htm HT]</ref> (12:37 to 13:08 UTC) in busy markets or commercial localities. Four bombs were defused.

The first blast took place at 18:07 at Ghaffar market (a municipal market along a stretch of Ajmal Khan Road, [[Karol Bagh]]), which is full of electronics shops,<ref>[https://www.reuters.com/article/idINIndia-35462420080915 Five bombs explode in New Delhi, 20 killed]</ref> in which at least 20 people were injured. They were rushed to nearby [[Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital|RML hospital]]. The explosive was kept near a car, and resulted in a cylinder blast in an [[auto rickshaw]], which was subsequently thrown up several feet into the air.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://broadband.indiatimes.com/videoshow/3479920.cms|title=Serial blasts rock Delhi|publisher=[[Indiatimes]] Broadband|access-date=31 January 2021|archive-date=17 October 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081017060428/http://broadband.indiatimes.com/videoshow/3479920.cms|url-status=dead}}</ref>

Immediately after, two explosions took place in [[Connaught Place, New Delhi|Connaught Place]] in which at least 10 people were injured. Police and witnesses said that the bombs went off in dustbins in and around Connaught Place, a shopping and dining area popular with tourists and locals in the centre of the city. The first of these blasts occurred on Barakhamba Road, near Nirmal Tower and Gopal Das Bhavan at 18:34. A minute later, the second bomb exploded in the newly constructed Central Park in the centre of the Connaught Place roundabout, built above one of the main stations of the [[Delhi Mass Rapid Transit System|Delhi Metro]]. [[#Investigation|An eyewitness reportedly saw]] two men place the bomb in a dustbin at Central Park.<ref name="Outlook">{{cite magazine|url=http://www.outlookindia.com/full.asp?sid=1&fodname=20080913&fname=blasts|title=Serial blasts in Delhi|magazine=[[Outlook (Indian magazine)|Outlook India]]|date=13 September 2008|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20080803160936/http://www.outlookindia.com/full.asp?sid=1&fodname=20080913&fname=blasts|archive-date=3 August 2008 }}</ref>

Subsequently, two explosions rocked M-Block market in [[Greater Kailash|Greater Kailash-I]] at 18:37 and 18:38 – the first near the popular Prince Paan Corner, and the other near a [[Levi's]] store. The latter damaged 10 shops.<ref name="Times"/>

Preliminary examination of the blast site said that low intensity ammonium nitrate tied to integrated circuits with timer devices had been used in almost all the serial blasts.<ref name="Times"/>

Four bombs were also defused – the first one at [[India Gate]], the second outside Regal Cinema in Connaught Place, the third in Connaught Place, and the fourth on Parliament Street.<ref name="ZEE">{{cite news|url=http://www.zeenews.com/articles.asp?aid=468881&sid=NAT|title=Serial blasts in Delhi; 18 dead, 100 injured|publisher=[[Zee News]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080803160936/http://www.zeenews.com/articles.asp?aid=468881&sid=NAT|archive-date=3 August 2008 }}</ref>

On the evening of 13 September 2008, IBN reported at least 30 deaths and over 100 injured.<ref name="IBN"/> AFP reported that "Indian police (New Delhi police spokesman Rajan Bhagat) said Sunday that 20 people were killed and close to 100 injured."<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20080918153352/http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5jLHm_NnbFXtyAh4OLE-VLXYyYrBw afp.google.com/article, 20 killed, 98 injured in Delhi bomb attacks]</ref>

==Response==

===Police and security===
Security was tightened across the national capital, with police personnel fanning out to railway and Metro stations, hospitals, bus terminals, the [[Indira Gandhi International Airport|airport]] and other sensitive points like cinema halls, shopping malls and religious places. Barricades were put up on most city roads to check traffic. Several major markets, including the [[Sarojini Nagar]] market, which was targeted in the previous [[29 October 2005 Delhi bombings|Diwali-eve blasts in 2005]], were shut down and evacuated. Cyber-café owners were asked to keep a tab on customers.{{citation needed|date=September 2021}}

A [[Central Industrial Security Force]] (CISF) spokesperson state that "security has already been strengthened and frisking and checking of the commuters have been stepped up. The Metro is under constant vigil". He added that extra personnel had been pressed into service to keep an eye on commuters.<ref name="Times"/>

===Press confusion===
The confusion in the aftermath of the blasts was evident in the press reports immediately following. The general consensus was that the blasts had claimed 18 lives.<ref name="REUTERS" /><ref name="Outlook" /><ref name="ZEE" /> However, there was some disparity, with CNN claiming as low as 15,<ref name="CNN" /> to [[NDTV]] claiming as high as 30.<ref name="NDTV">{{cite news|url=http://www.ndtv.com/convergence/ndtv/story.aspx?id=NEWEN20080065256|title=30 killed, 90 injured in 5 blasts across Delhi|publisher=[[NDTV]]|access-date=13 October 2008}}</ref>

Even after some time had passed, the numbers of people killed and injured reported by various sources varied. At the lower end, ''[[The New York Times]]'' in 2011 reported the death toll as "more than 20 people",<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/08/world/asia/08india.html |title=Deadly Explosion Strikes Courthouse in New Delhi |last=Yardley |first=Jim |date=8 September 2011 |work=The New York Times |access-date=12 September 2018 |language=en }}</ref> and ''[[The Hindu]]'' noted that number of deaths as "at least 25".<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/chronology-of-blasts-in-delhi/article2432097.ece |title=Chronology of blasts in Delhi |date=7 September 2011 |work=The Hindu |access-date=12 September 2018 |language=en-IN |issn=0971-751X }}</ref> Meanwhile, a 2010 report by the [[Centre for Land Warfare Studies]] indicates 26 dead and 100 injured,<ref>{{cite book |url=http://www.claws.in/images/publication_pdf/1267073161MP_19.pdf |title=Understanding the Indian Mujahideen |first=Rohit |last=Singh |publisher=Centre for Land Warfare Studies |isbn=978-93-80502-22-9 |page=6 |access-date=12 September 2018 |archive-date=11 July 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160711025047/http://www.claws.in/images/publication_pdf/1267073161MP_19.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref> and a 2009 article by the [[Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses]] claims 30 dead and nearly 90 injured.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://idsa.in/backgrounder/IndianMujahideen |title=Who is the Indian Mujahideen? |last=Goswami |first=Namrata |date=3 February 2009 |publisher=Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses |language=en |access-date=12 September 2018 }}</ref> In 2018, NDTV was still reporting 30 dead and 100 injured,<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/4-bombings-in-which-arrested-indian-mujahideen-terrorist-ariz-khan-allegedly-played-key-role-1812814 |title=43 Bombs, 165 Dead: What Cops Say on Arrested Indian Mujahideen Terrorist |last=Sanyal |first=Anindita |date=14 February 2018 |work=NDTV |access-date=12 September 2018}}</ref> but ''[[The Times of India]]'' was putting the number of injuries at 135.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.pressreader.com/india/the-times-of-india-new-delhi-edition/20180901/281651075979511 |title=2008 Serial Blasts |work=The Times of India |date=1 September 2018 |via=[[PressReader]] |language=en |access-date=12 September 2018 }}</ref>

There was also some controversy over blast sites and the sites where bombs were defused, most notably [[Zee News]] reporting a bomb being defused at Central Park,<ref name="ZEE"/> while the ''[[Outlook (Indian magazine)|Outlook]]'' Magazine stated that the park itself was a bomb site.<ref name="Outlook"/>

== Responsibility ==
The [[Islamist]] "[[Indian Mujahideen]]" sent an e-mail to all major TV channels, informing them of the blasts just after the first one occurred.<ref name = "ET">{{cite news|url=http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/articleshow/3480529.cms |title=There will be more bomb attacks, warns Indian Mujahideen|publisher=Economictimes.indiatimes.com |date=14 September 2008|access-date=15 September 2008|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20080917003640/http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/articleshow/3480529.cms|archive-date=17 September 2008 }}</ref> In the case of the bomb blasts in [[13 May 2008 Jaipur bombings|Jaipur]], and [[2008 Ahmedabad bombings|Ahmedabad]], e-mails were sent before the blasts.
{{blockquote|text=Indian Mujahideen strikes back once more. Within 5 minutes from now... This time with the Message of Death, dreadfully terrorising you for your sins. And thus our promise will be fulfilled. Inshallah...Do whatever you want and stop us if you can.<ref name="Outlook"/>}}

The email was sent from Arbi Hindi. The email threatened nine blasts.<ref name="Times"/><ref name="ET"/> A 13-page attached document depicts photographs of the previous blasts under the caption "our [[jihad]]". The Delhi blasts are, according to the email, a direct reaction to the raids carried on and after the Ahmedabad blasts, and "harassments imposed by your (Indian) ATS and the police on the innocent Muslims". The document also mentions [[Amarnath land transfer controversy|Amarnath dispute]], violence against Christians in [[Orissa, India|Orissa]], [[Babri Masjid]] demolition and [[2002 Gujarat violence|Gujarat riots]].<ref name="ET"/>

The email was traced to [[Chembur]], an eastern suburb of [[Mumbai]]. Mumbai's anti-Terrorism squad (ATS) confirmed that [[WiFi]] of the owner firm "Kamran Power" was hacked and used for sending the mail.<ref>{{cite news|url= http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2008-09-14/news/28476418_1_terror-mail-ip-address-eric-house|title=WiFi was hacked again to send terror mail: Mumbai ATS|newspaper=[[The Economic Times]]|date=14 September 2008|access-date=6 February 2014|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110605212733/http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2008-09-14/news/28476418_1_terror-mail-ip-address-eric-house|archive-date=5 June 2011 }}</ref>

Reports claim that the Indian Mujahideen called this operation "''Operation B-A-D''", encompassing the [[2008 Bangalore serial blasts|'''B'''angalore]], [[2008 Ahmedabad bombings|'''A'''hmedabad]] and '''D'''elhi Bombings.<ref name="Outlook" /> Intelligence officials had intercepted a call made "from the across the border" claiming "Operation BAD is successful", after the Ahmedabad blasts, which the Gujarat police that interpreted as Bangalore, Ahmedabad, Delhi, though the dates and specific places were not known.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/articleshow/3480507.cms|title=Indian Mujahideen accomplishes Operation B-A-D|publisher=Economictimes.indiatimes.com|date= 13 September 2008|access-date=15 September 2008|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20080916084707/http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/articleshow/3480507.cms|archive-date=16 September 2008|url-status=dead}}</ref>

==Investigation==
Two persons were detained from [[Connaught Place, New Delhi|Connaught Place]] area soon after the blasts. [[Delhi Police]] said an 11-year-old boy had claimed to have seen the perpetrators; he informed police that the suspects, clad in black [[kurta]]-[[pyjama]]s, were seen placing bags in a dustbin.<ref name="Times"/> The Delhi Police soon, within three hours of the blast, arrested another person who the police suspect to be the mastermind of the blast.{{Citation needed|date=September 2008}}

Preliminary investigation by police reveal Indian Mujahideen-SIMI cell led by [[Abdul Subhan Qureshi]] alias [[Tauqir]], having information technology background from [[Mumbai]], to be involved. Another person named Qayamuddin is also under investigation. Four more people have also been detained and questioned.<ref name="Mumbai techie chief suspect: Agencies">{{cite news|url= http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/India/Mumbai_techie_chief_suspect_Agencies/rssarticleshow/3480636.cms|title=Mumbai techie chief suspect: Agencies|date=14 September 2008|work=The Times of India|location=India|access-date=13 September 2008|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20080918074000/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/India/Mumbai_techie_chief_suspect_Agencies/rssarticleshow/3480636.cms|archive-date= 18 September 2008 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ibnlive.com/news/cops-look-for-faces-of-terror-find-common-link/73546-3-1.html|title=Cops look for faces of terror – Two detained |publisher=Ibnlive.com|access-date=15 September 2008|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20080916083713/http://www.ibnlive.com/news/cops-look-for-faces-of-terror-find-common-link/73546-3-1.html|archive-date=16 September 2008 }}</ref>

On the morning of 19 September, the [[Batla House encounter]] took place, in which Delhi Police shot down two persons, thought to be suspects, hiding in L-18 block of Jamia Nagar, Delhi. Two others suspects were arrested while one managed to escape. Bashir alias Atif, believed to be the mastermind was one of the two killed. Inspector [[Mohan Chand Sharma]], who was injured in the encounter, died in a hospital. He was credited with helping to have killed 35 terror suspects, 85 arrests and also the winner of 75-odd encounters, 150 medals and seven gallantry awards.<ref>{{cite web
| url = http://www.ndtv.com/convergence/ndtv/story.aspx?id=NEWEN20080066032 |title=Saif, Zeeshan sent to 14-day police custody |publisher=NDTV|access-date=20 September 2008}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ndtv.com/convergence/ndtv/story.aspx?id=NEWEN20080066025 |title=Braveheart Inspector's death a huge loss |publisher=NDTV |access-date=20 September 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080921002031/http://www.ndtv.com/convergence/ndtv/story.aspx?id=NEWEN20080066025 |archive-date=21 September 2008 }}</ref> Later, the intelligence team said that the arrested allegedly had links with [[Dubai]] and further questioned if they had any link with [[Dawood Ibrahim]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.expressindia.com/latest-news/Saif--other-militants-have-Dawood-links--Intl-agencies/365303/|title=Cops probe Dawood link to Delhi blast suspects|publisher=Express India|access-date=24 September 2008|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110605212733/http://www.expressindia.com/latest-news/Saif--other-militants-have-Dawood-links--Intl-agencies/365303/|archive-date=5 June 2011 }}</ref>

On 23 September, the police arrested five more people from Mumbai and Uttar Pradesh.<ref name="hindustantimes1">{{cite web|url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/StoryPage/FullcoverageStoryPage.aspx?sectionName=&id=861d71e8-77e4-4160-b61e-c7a52451d569TerrorStrikesDelhi_Special&&Headline=Five+suspects+nabbed+for+serial+blasts |title=Police claim to have arrested 5 key members of IM |date=24 September 2008 |work=Hindustan Times|location=India |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081225000140/http://www.hindustantimes.com/StoryPage/FullcoverageStoryPage.aspx?sectionName=&id=861d71e8-77e4-4160-b61e-c7a52451d569TerrorStrikesDelhi_Special&&Headline=Five%2Bsuspects%2Bnabbed%2Bfor%2Bserial%2Bblasts |archive-date=25 December 2008 |url-status=dead }}</ref> All five are suspected to be part of the Indian Mujahadeen's [[think tank]]. The men were:
*Sadiq Sheikh, 31, software engineer from Mumbai
*Afzal Usmani, 32, hotelier in western suburbs of Mumbai
*Arif Sheikh, 38, electrician from [[Mumbra]], Mumbai
*Mohammed Zakir Sheikh, 38, scrap dealer from Mumbra, Mumbai
*Mohammed Ansar Sheikh, 31, software Engineer from Mumbai

On 4 October they were sent by the judicial Chief Metropolitan Magistrate to 12 days' policy custody.<ref>{{cite news|title=Delhi blasts: 5 suspects sent to 12 days' police custody|url= http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/News/PoliticsNation/Delhi_blasts_5_suspects_sent_to_12_days_police_custody/rssarticleshow/3560423.cms|work=The Times of India |location=India|access-date=4 October 2008 }}</ref>

The crime branch has claimed that these are the operatives who had introduced themselves as Pakistanis to perpetrators of [[11 July 2006 Mumbai train bombings]]. After the 2006 bombings, police had claimed that a group of [[Students Islamic Movement of India|SIMI]] terrorists along with five Pakistan nationals had planted bombs in seven trains.<ref name="hindustantimes1"/>

On 11 November, the Madhya Pradesh Anti-Terror Squad (ATS) arrested Qayamuddin Kapadia, a top-ranking member of SIMI and a key conspirator and executor of the Ahmedabad attack. Police claimed that Kapadia admitted his involvement in the Ahmedabad blasts, and that he, along with Abdul Subhan Qureshi ''alias'' Tauqeer of Mumbai and Riaz Bhatkal of Karnataka, collaborated with the SIMI cell led by Atif to carry out the Delhi blasts. Atif was later killed in an encounter with Delhi Police.<ref>{{cite news|title=Ahmedabad blasts plotter held in MP|url= https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Ahmedabad-blasts-plotter-held-in-MP/articleshow/3697294.cms |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20121022074558/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2008-11-11/india/27945936_1_ahmedabad-blasts-qayamuddin-kapadia-serial-blasts |url-status= live |archive-date= 22 October 2012 |location=India|date=11 November 2008|work=[[The Times of India]]|access-date=13 November 2008 }}</ref>

In January 2018, Delhi police arrested Qureshi after a gun battle.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/delhi-news/suspected-terrorist-involved-in-delhi-gujarat-serial-blasts-arrested-after-exchange-of-fire-with-delhi-police/story-ArsOCcRtpUFZHArbXDdCIJ.html |title=Suspected terrorist involved in Delhi, Gujarat blasts arrested after exchange of fire with Delhi Police |last=Singh |first=Karn Pratap |date=22 January 2018 |work=[[Hindustan Times]] |access-date=12 September 2018 |language=en }}</ref>

==See also==
*[[List of terrorist incidents in 2008]]

==References==
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