Israeli car blast: Delhi Police step up efforts to get Iranian extradited
Investigators are trying to get the head of the module which triggered an explosion in Bangkok and believed to have guided the bombers in Delhi, extradited.
Delhi Police stepped up their efforts to have extradited an Iranian national the alleged main conspirator in Delhi bombing on Israeli diplomat's car last month, to India by seeking the Interpol's help and moving a court here for his arrest warrant.Sources said investigators approaching the CBI to seek the Interpol's assistance to bring Masod Sedaghatzadeh, currently in the custody of Malaysian police, to India as he is the head of the module which had triggered an explosion in Bangkok and believed to have guided the bombers in Delhi.According to police, Houshang Afshar Irani, the alleged bomber who had targeted the Israeli Embassy car here on February 13, was in touch with Sedaghatzadeh.Sedaghatzadeh has been charged under various provisions of the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act, the Explosives Substances Act and the IPC.The police claimed it managed to unravel the conspiracy related to the February 13 car bomb attack on Aurangazeb Road, in which an Israeli diplomat and three others were injured, after finding out that Sedaghatzadeh was in touch with Irani.Sources said technical surveillance and checking of his call records allegedly pointed to the involvement of an Indian journalist Syed Mohd Ahmad Kazmi (50) who was arrested on March 6.Delhi Police had yesterday initiated the process of securing an Interpol Red Corner notice against three other Iranians Houshang Afshar Irani, Syed Ali Mahdiansadr and Mohammadreza Abolghasemi who are suspected of carrying out the bomb attack and left India soon after the incident.