Pune: German Bakery, the Pune-based eatery that was ripped apart a powerful blast, has been reopend on Sunday after three years-three months of the incident. This comes a month after the Pune Sessions Court convicted and sentenced prime perpetrator Himayat Baig to death for his role in the blast on February 13, 2010.
The rebuilt bakery has at least 16 CCTV cameras and metal detectors to ensure tight security. Renovated at an estimated cost of Rs 1.5 crore, the eatery was thrown open to customers on Saturday evening by a new management, whose earlier plan to reopen it on February 13 was deferred due to a technical issue as Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) insisted on submission of a structural audit report.
"We have now submitted the structural audit report and got the nod to restart the eatery. All signs of the damage caused by the explosion have been removed during the renovation process, as we do not want the patrons to remember...
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02:46 PM, May 12, 2013
New Delhi: The Pune German Bakery blast convict Himayat Baig has been sentenced to death. Baig, the lone convicted accused in the case, was sentenced to death by a Pune Sessions Court. Additional Sessions Judge NP Dhote handed down capital punishment to Baig for murder and criminal conspiracy, besides under provisions of Unlawful Activities Prevention Act and Explosive Substances Act. The court had on April 15 pronounced Baig, the only...
05:00 PM, Apr 18, 2013
Pune: Three years after the German Bakery blast, the Pune sessions court will announce the quantum of punishment to main accused Himayat Baig on Thursday. Baig was convicted for murder, criminal conspiracy and other charges on Monday. Himayat Baig, the man who provided logistical support for the blast is the only accused arrested in the case so far. He was taken into custody in September 2010. Sessions Court Judge NP...
09:47 AM, Apr 18, 2013
Pune: Three years after the German Bakery blast killed 17 people and injured over 60, a Pune court come out with a crucial judgement on Monday. It was the first major terror strike in Pune that dented its tag of being a peaceful city. On February 13, 2010, a deadly blast ripped through Pune's famous eating joint German Bakery. Seventeen people died and 64 others were injured. A Pune court...
08:46 AM, Apr 15, 2013
The twin blasts in Hyderabad, which killed 16 people and injured 117 others on Thursday evening, has once again pointed to the need for better and quick action on intelligence and coordination between Central and states' agencies. But in addition to this, the attack in the Andhra Pradesh capital has also pointed to the void in the investigations into previous such cases. ...
07:59 PM, Feb 22, 2013
Mumbai: All the three cycles, upon which the bombs were placed in Wednesday's Pune serial blasts, were bought on the same day, according to sources. The police have identified the trader who sold the cycles, and have also questioned nine major cycle-sellers and distributors. The investigators are looking closely at a possible Indian Mujahideen role. On Thursday, the investigators also found that two CCTV cameras at the blast sites were...
08:38 AM, Aug 03, 2012
Mumbai: After Mumbai Crime Branch, the Maharashtra Anti-Terror Squad has also produced a production warrant in Delhi's Tis Hazari court for key 26/11 conspirator Abu Jundal's interrogation. An ATS team will soon go to Delhi for other procedures. The ATS wants to question him regarding the Aurangabad arms haul case of May 2006 and the German Bakery blast case of February 2010. The ATS also wants to question him regarding...
10:56 AM, Jun 27, 2012
New Delhi: Maharashtra Home Minister and NCP leader RR Patil on Friday promised CID investigation in the murder of the German Bakery blast accused in the Yerawada jail on Friday. "The CID will investigate this matter. It is a very serious issue," said Patil. He added that a suspension order had been given to the jail superintendent. The Pune police on Friday claimed that the German Bakery blast accused was...
06:12 PM, Jun 08, 2012
Pune: The Pune police have claimed that the German bakery blast accused has been killed in the Yerawada jail. The police said that Mohammed Siddique was strangled to death after a brawl inside the jail. Siddique had been arrested by the Delhi Police in 2011 in connection with various blasts. He was a close aide of Yasin Bhatkal. The blast that ripped through the German Bakery in Pune on February...
01:48 PM, Jun 08, 2012
New Delhi: An alleged Indian Mujahideen operative, Asadullah Rehman has been arrested in Delhi. Rehman alias Dilkash (20) is an alleged member of the Indian Mujahideen module led by Yasin Bhatkal and has been arrested from Chandu Nagar in Karawal Nagar in Delhi. Explosives, detonators and a timer has been recovered from him. Rehman is a part of the same module that was busted in November, 2011, by the Delhi...
01:07 PM, Mar 28, 2012
New Delhi: The BJP on Tuesday cautioned that the bomb attack on an Israel embassy vehicle in New Delhi should not be viewed as a one-off incident and needed thorough investigation even as it slammed the government over "failure" to solve the nine terror strikes since 26/11. "BJP condemns the dastardly terror attack near the Prime Minister's residence in the national capital on an Israel embassy vehicle. Yesterday was the...
07:45 PM, Feb 14, 2012
New Delhi: The Delhi Police have picked up Idian Mujahideen (IM) operative Aftab alias Farooq alias Roshan from Purnia in Bihar. With this, a total of seven IM operatives, along with Farooq, have been arrested so far. Acting on a tip off by Intelligence Bureau (IB), a special branch team of Delhi Police, along with Purnia police, raided Khatahaat village under Jalalgarh police station on Monday and nabbed the Pakistani...
05:43 PM, Dec 06, 2011
New Delhi: A Delhi court on Monday remanded six suspected Indian Mujahideen operatives allegedly involved in various blasts across India in police custody for 10 days. Officials of the special cell of the Delhi Police on November 30 arrested the six alleged terrorists from Delhi, Bihar and Chennai and recovered two AK-47 rifles, a 9 mm pistol, 5 kgs of explosives and 64 cartridges from the accused. Going by the...
05:04 PM, Dec 05, 2011
New Delhi: The Delhi Police on Wednesday claimed to have busted the Indian Mujahideen module believed to be behind the three biggest terror attacks in the last two years. Officials of the special cell of the Delhi police have arrested 6 alleged terrorists of the group from Delhi, Bihar and Chennai. Going by the recoveries made, it seems the group was planning to target other places in the country. The...
08:50 PM, Nov 30, 2011
New Delhi: Home Minister P Chidambaram on Wednesday backed West Bengal government's claim the Maoist leader Kishenji was killed in a gunfight and not in a fake encounter. Chidambaram, while addressing a press conference in New Delhi, said that the November 24 police encounter in which Kishenji was killed was not fake. The Home Minsiter said that the Center has never encouraged fake encounters or killing of persons after they...
05:04 PM, Nov 30, 2011
New Delhi: The Delhi Police has arrested six suspected Indian Mujahideen operatives in connection with crucial terror cases in the country, according to sources. The Delhi Police sources claim to have solved the Jama Masjid blast case, the Pune German Bakery blast case and Chinnaswamy stadium terror attack case. Sources say a Pakistani national is also among the six arrested Indian Mujahideen operatives. Two AK-47s with 50 cartridges, one pistol...
10:29 AM, Nov 30, 2011
Mumbai: Gokul Nepali was barely 19 and just three months into his marriage when he was killed in the German bakery bomb blast. Now, a year later his family based in Nepal is still awaiting justice. While the centre has released the compensation amount of two lakh rupees, they are yet to receive the promised compensation of five lakh rupees from the Maharashtra government. Gokul's brother-in-law, Deependra Nepali said, "We...
07:00 AM, Feb 13, 2011
Mumbai: The arrest of German Bakery blast mastermind Mirza Himayat Baig has sparked a blame game between the Mumbai Anti-Terror Squad chief and his deputy. After the arrest of Baig, ATS chief Rakesh Maria had said, "We have made the first arrest. Himayat Baig was arrested from Camp Road in Pune." But barely eight days later, his deputy DIG Ravindra Kadam said it's improper to call Baig the mastermind as...
05:50 PM, Sep 18, 2010
The Anti-Terror Squad is passing through a phase of blame game between its chief and the deputy inspector general over the arrest of German bakery blast mastermind Mirza Himayat Baig. ...
11:20 AM, Sep 18, 2010
Mumbai: In an embarrassing development for the Maharashtra government, top officials of the state police on Thursday appeared to differ over the role of Mirza Himayat Baig, nabbed in connection with the Feb 13 German Bakery blast in Pune. Pune-based Deputy Inspector General of Police Ravindra Kadam Thursday told mediapersons that though Baig was a part of the blast conspiracy, he never travelled to Pune to carry out the blast....
10:32 PM, Sep 16, 2010
