Thai bombing case: Two Indians taken into custody for interrogation
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Thai Police has taken into custody two Indians for questioning as they were seen in CCTV footages talking to a foreign suspect wanted in Thailand's deadliest bombing, which killed more than 20 people last month, at a "Nothing is really known so far about the Indians and it is not clear what the questioning is about," sources told PTI.
The name of the two Indians has not been disclosed so far. They were taken away for questioning after Assistant Police Commissioner General Prawut Thawornsiri led 20 police and troops to search the Maimuna Garden Home apartment in Minburi at 9 p.m. on Sunday night.
Two Indians were staying in the room next to the one where police found bomb making materials.
A foreigner who lived at the room and a Thai woman who rented the room for him are also wanted in the case.
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Thai Police is closely combing areas in search of people behind the August 17 bomb blast at the popular Erawan Brahma Shrine which also injured more than 100 others.
On Sunday, a combined force of police and army officers raided several buildings and rented houses in Min Buri district.
The raid was part of crime suppression measures as many foreigners rent apartments and houses in the area, said Coloner Wattana Yichin, deputy commander of the Metropolitan Police overseeing Min Buri police station.
Police so far have issued arrest warrants for ten suspects in connection with the case.
Two foreign suspects have been arrested. One of them was carrying a Chinese passport.
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Meanwhile, a suspect who was arrested near the Cambodia border identified as Yusufu Meralli, told military interrogators he assembled the bomb for the actual bomber, who is yet to be nabbed.
The first man arrested, Adem Karadak, also known as Bilal Mohammed, has been shifted from military custody to prison.
Meralli admitted he assembled the bomb before handing it to a yellow-shirted suspect who was seen on
(Image: Indiatimes)
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