Patna blasts cracked; Target was Modi, claims NIA

Good coordination between Central intelligence agencies, NIA and the local police led by Superintendent of Police Palamau in Jharkhand led to the arrests, he said.  

Ali had been on the radar ever since the arrest of Indian Mujahideen member Tehseen Akhthar alias Monu by Delhi Police last month.

However, the arrested members belonged to ‘Ranchi module' of banned SIMI group which had been conspiring to carry out a terror attack, officials said.

The first one was at Bodh Gaya in which two persons including a monk received minor injuries.  

“We have unravelled the entire conspiracy. However, further interrogation of the accused will be done to obtain more information,” he said.

The Bodh Gaya blasts were carried out in retaliation of the “atrocities done on Rohingyas” in Myanmar, he said.