Assam youth held in connection with Hyd blasts:

Hyderabad police on Tuesday arrested a man suspected to be involved in the twin terror bombings, even as the death toll in the deadly attacks mounted to 43. Mohammed Abdullah, a native of Assam, was taken into custody after residents of Bowenpalli neighbourhood of Secunderabad caught him under suspicious circumstances. The youth also had injuries on his head and hands. report continued below Police are questioning him to ascertain whether he has any links with the worst-ever terror attacks in the history of Andhra Pradesh that took place on Saturday evening. Preliminary investigations indicated that the bombs were planted minutes before they exploded and police have not ruled out the possibility of the bomb planters receiving injuries. Meanwhile, the death toll in the blasts mounted to 43 with one of the injured succumbing to his wounds at a private hospital. Srinivas Rao, a native of Visakhapatnam, was standing near Gokul Chat when the bomb went off. Police have also begun questioning citizens of Bangladesh and Pakistan overstaying in the city. There are reportedly 20 such foreign nationals who were staying on even after their visas had expired. Chief Minister Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy has already blamed the terror groups based in Pakistan and Bangladesh for the blasts. Police had earlier detained about 10 people suspected to have links with Pakistan's Inter Service Intelligence or terror groups backed by it.