In a major breakthrough, the Gujarat anti-terrorist squad (ATS) has discovered that a terror suspect wanted for the Ahmedabad serial blasts, had reportedly visited Godhra and Lunawada recently.
Sources said the police had alerted all agencies across the state in this connection.
The suspect had allegedly played a key role in carrying out the blasts that rocked Ahmedabad in 2008. Later, he had managed to evade arrest during a police raid in Maharashtra. The Gujarat police say that he could be hiding in Gujarat at present.
Sources in the police familiar with the development said that the ATS and special operation groups (SOGs) across the state have been alerted in this connection. The SOGs have been asked to keep close watch on all alleged suspects and their movement with the help of the local police, and also keep track of all unusual activity in their vicinity.
The ATS also suspects the existence of some sleeper cells in Vadodara, Bharuch and Godhra. The agency had raided Shahpur, Amraivadi and Vatwa areas of the city and also questioned suspects of terror attacks.
It is currently acting on intelligence inputs from the Union home ministry about a possible terror attack in Ahmedabad.
