Suresh Sawant, center bottom, is consoled by relatives after he identified the body of his brother Subhash Sawant, victim of a train explosion, at a morgue in Bombay, India, Wednesday, July 12, 2006. Eight explosions ripped through packed commuter trains during rush hour Tuesday in India's commercial capital, killing nearly 190 people and injuring more than 700 in what officials said was a well-coordinated bomb attack by terrorists.
(AP Photo/Saurabh Das)
350 detained over India train bombings
BOMBAY, India --Indian police have detained about 350 people for questioning in connection with the Bombay train bombings, officials said Thursday, amid suspicion that Kashmiri militants could be linked to the attacks that killed at least 200 people.
Most of the detentions were made overnight in Malwani, a northeastern suburb of Bombay, said police Inspector S. Goshal. He said none of them has been formally arrested or charged, and they were rounded up only for questioning to help with the investigations into Tuesday's serial bombings.
Bombay police Commissioner A.N. Roy confirmed a large number of arrests had been made but refused to give an exact figure.
"There have been widespread search operations. A lot of people have been detained for questioning," he told The Associated Press. "This is all part of a large scale investigation, the search operation and combing operation."
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