Lashkar ultra Salar had MP links

Ujjain, MP, Mar 9 (UNI) The Ratlam-resident family of Lashkar-i-Toiba serial blasts expert Salar alias Doctor, who was neutralised yesterday in a Lucknow encounter, were asked by police to collect the rebel's remains.

IG (Ujjain Range) Anil Kumar told UNI here today that a message was sent by Uttar Pradesh Police.

UP Police yesterday claimed to have unearthed vital clues in connection with the March 7 blasts in Varanasi, following the Salar encounter. More than 2.5 kg RDX, four detonators, a foreign-make pistol and some cartridges were seized.

Other aliases used by the insurgent were Salim, Sufi, Amir, Ahmed, Pawan, Babu Bhai Masalewale, Akbar and Miyaji.

After obtaining his preliminary education here, he left for his uncle's place at Ratlam. At a young age, Salar committed his first crime by chopping off the hands of Advocate Surya Kant in revenge for the murder of Salar's friend Mahesh's father. Mahesh was sentenced but Salar acquitted.

He got in touch with terrorist Mushtaq. Salar was imprisoned for violating the Arms Act but in 1988 he escaped from custody while being shifted from a Ratlam jail to one at Indore.

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