Times of India

JAIPUR, May 16: A restaurant owner from Udaipur is being questioned by police after he claimed to have seen one of the suspected terrorists, whose sketch was released, along with a woman two days ahead of Tuesday's serial blasts here.

Meanwhile, eight Bangladeshis were detained in Ajmer in connection with the blasts.

The owner of Samor Bagh restaurant in Udaipur, Kamal Joshi told the police on Friday that a person resembling the sketch, released last night, was seen in his restaurant on Sunday evening.

He said that the man was accompanied by a young woman and both of them came to the restaurant at about 4 pm on Sunday.

The woman entered the restaurant wearing a saree but changed into a salwar kameez before leaving with the man, Joshi said, according to the police. They did not take anything in the restaurant, he said.

The in-charge of Surajpole police station Himmat Singh said investigations were on to check the movement of the duo in the town.

Rajasthan Police has also detained eight Bangladeshis near the famous Sufi shrine of Khwaja Moinuddin Chisti in Ajmer after they were found to be moving under suspicious circumstances.

All the eight are being questioned, Superintendent of Police (Ajmer) Anand Srivastava said.