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The Deputy Commissioner of Surat Police,Subhash Trivedi,and two of his inspectors will go to London to secure custody of Hanif Umarji Patel alias Tiger Hanif,the mastermind of the 1993 bomb blast in Surat.
Trivedi will be accompanied by Surat Crime Branch inspector J M Patel and Rander police Inspector R H Hadia.
Hadia said the London Police had informed the Centre that Hanif could be handed over before 25 March. We are corresponding with them through the DGPs office and the state Home Department. We are also in touch with the CBI and the External Affairs Ministry in New Delhi, he said. He said Hanif is wanted only for the Surat blast. No other case is registered against him anywhere. The procedures for visa are on the verge of completion and we hope to fly to London soon. According to police sources,four other people are also wanted in the case and efforts are on to locate them.
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