Following a three month run, the Mumbai Police was finally able to arrest an MBBS doctor from Pune, a member of the Indian Mujaheedin (IM) module responsible for at least 11 blasts across the country since 2005. The accused is named Dr. Anwar Ali Bagwan and is 26 years old. IM was responsible for the July 11 2006 serial train blasts in Mumbai and serial blasts in Ahmedabad on July 26, 2008.

The man, who resided at Rohari district in Ahmednagar, was in the wanted list of the Mumbai crime branch, cracked the Ahmedabad blast case and arrested 20 members of IM. He is also married and has one son.

Bagwan was traced by the Police in Hyderabad, following which he was called for questioning in Mumbai where he was arrested. Bagwan had escaped from Pune and had started practising in Hyderabad, when the police arrested the 20 IM members.

On Tuesday, Bagwan, who became the 21st accused in the case, was presented before the special MCOCA court and was remanded to police custody till January 16.

"Bagwan had rented the two flats-Ashoka Mews in Pune and Kamaldeep Park in Kondva area in Pune," reported Joint commissioner of police (crime) Rakesh Maria.

Mr. Rakesh also informed that Bagwan was also behind teaching the other members of IM how to give anaesthetic injections to victims.

The accused Bagwan completed his education from BJ Medical College at Sassoon hospital in Pune in 2006 and in 2007; he was indoctrinated by Asif Bashiruddin Shaikh who used to run Arabic classes and has been named as a key member of IM. Shaikh even lured several persons who became part of the module.

Devan Bharti, Additional Commissioner, said, "Dr Bagwan was taken to Bhatkal village in Karnataka where he was given arms training."