Mumbai serial blasts: Terror calls intercepted after Mumbai blasts?

NEW DELHI: Delhi Police reportedly intercepted a call immediately after the Mumbai blasts on Wednesday. The call was made from Mumbai to someone in the NCR. The caller reportedly asked the person at the other end if "the work had been done" and whether 'Sharif' had been informed. On receiving an 'yes', the caller immediately hung up.

The call was made soon after the blast, police said.

The police suspect that 'Sharif' is actually Mohammad Arif alias Junaid, one of the main accused in the Delhi blasts who was suspected to have fired at inspector Mohan Chand Sharma during the Batla House encounter, and had managed to escape.

"The call lasted for about a minute. The information has been passed on to the Mumbai anti-terrorist squad and we will extend any assistance necessary. Arif belongs to the banned Indian Mujahideen and may have had some role to play in the Mumbai blasts. He is in his mid-twenties and belongs to Ajazmgarh in UP," explained a senior police source.

"We have been intermittently getting reports of Arif hiding in UP, Bihar and West Bengal and he is constantly moving" said a police officer.