Hyderabad flyover blast accused arrested, police claims

HYDERABAD: Police has claimed to have arrested the key accused of Sakhi Wahab Shah flyover cracker blast, ARY News reported on Thursday.

A police spokesman in a statement said that accused Adil Qambrani was arrested in a raid near the railway station.

Police recovered four crackers and a pistol from the possession of the accused.

Adil Qambrani has been a member of an outlawed nationalist political group, police said.

A case has been registered against the accused under the explosives and anti-terrorism charges.

Around 22 people were injured in an explosion at Sakhi Wahab Shah flyover on February 19, this year.

The accused in preliminary questioning has confessed his involvement in the cracker attack, police sources said.