Blasts: Police prepare suspect's sketch, man dies in custody

Mumbai, Jul 17 (PTI) Looking for clues to Wednesday's
serial blasts in Mumbai, Maharashtra's Anti-Terrorism Squad
has fanned out teams to various locations across the country
and prepared a sketch of the suspect based on eyewitness
accounts.
In another development, Fayaz Usmani, brother of 2008
Gujarat blast suspect Afzal Usmani, died in hospital after
being questioned by police in connection with the blasts here.
His family has alleged that he was tortured in custody.
A senior ATS official said the sketch of a suspect in
the serial blasts that left 19 dead and injured over 130 has
been prepared.
"The sketch of the suspect is ready. It will be
circulated among the select and top investigating officials
It will not be released to the public," said the ATS official.
The sketch will also be shown to the select police
informers to get identification of the suspect, the official
said refusing to divulge any further details.
The sketch was prepared based on an eyewitness account
at one of the three blast sites, the official said.
ATS chief Rakesh Maria said, "We are in touch with UP,
Gujarat, Delhi, West Bengal, Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka
police, as well as all the central agencies. It is an all out
effort".
Police said Fayaz Usmani, a resident of suburban
Govandi, who was picked up for questioning yesterday, died in
a hospital in the wee hours on Sunday.
Dr Ryan Kumar, a doctor at the hospital said, "He died
due to brain haemorrhage. This condition is usually when a
person is exposed to some kind of shock".
Doctors said he had no external injuries on his body.
Azeem Usmani, the victim's son alleged, "My father was
picked up for questioning and pressurised during
interrogation. They are to blame for his death".
However, the Mumbai Police denied the charge.
Mumbai Police Spokesperson Nisar Tamboli said, "He was
brought for questioning by the Chembur unit. He was suffering
from hypertension and had not take medicines for the last
three-four days. He was admitted to the hospital last evening
and the allegations of torture by police are absolutely
untrue".
Tamboli said the postmortem will ascertain the exact
cause of Usmani's death.
Usmani's wife Rubaida said, "When the police came to
take him, they said that they will just interrogate him. He
had gone alone. So we don't know what the police questioned
him about. I don't know to what extent he was tortured, that
he got so tensed. They came back in an hour saying he was
unwell, he had vomited and was admitted to Sion Hospital."
SP leader Abu Azmi, who visited the hospital, said, "I
will meet the home minister and the chief minister tomorrow.
An inquiry should be conducted. While we all want that the
accused should be arrested and hanged, but the police cannot
harass a common man to such an extent that he burst a vein
in his head because of all the tension".
"Our teams have fanned out to various locations.
People in various modules who have been arrested in the past,
they are being questioned to help us in this investigation,"
he said.
Brijlal, Special DG, Law and order, UP police said,
"Whenever a tragedy of this magnitude hits, we try and keep in
touch with each other. We are coordinating with the ATS and
our team is already there".