2007 blasts accused shifted to Cherlapally prison

Hyderabad: Four persons belonging to Indian Mujahideen, involved in the twin blasts at Gokul Chat and Lumbini Park in Hyderabad in 2007, were shifted to Cherlapally Central Prison on Friday.

The accused Md Sadiq Israr Ahmed, Md Akbar Ismail Chowdari, Anik Shafique Sayeed and Farooq Sharfuddin Tarkish were arrested by the Mumbai Anti-Terrorism Squad earlier. They were at a jail in Mumbai and have been shifted to Cherlapally Central Prison in Hyderabad under tight-security.

As many as 42 people were killed and 50 others were injured in the blasts at Gokul Chat in Koti and Lumbini Park that took place on August 25, 2007.