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A prisoner in Pune, who allegedly helped with the terror attacks in Bangalore and Delhi , was strangled by fellow inmates at the Yerwada Jail here on Friday morning. Qateel Siddiqui was arrested in November by the Delhi Police on charges of being a member of terror group Indian Mujahideen. He was among a group of people arrested for links to an explosion outside Bangalore 's Chinnaswamy stadium during a cricket match and another blast near Delhi 's Jama Masjid in 2010 He was moved in May to Pune's Yerwada Jail by the Maharashtra Anti-Terror Squad, which said that Siddiqui was allegedly involved with a failed attempt to plant a bomb at a Pune temple in February 2010, on the same day when a bomb exploded at the city's famous German bakery. 17 people were killed in that terror attack. Siddique who was chargesheeted a fortnight back, was an associate of Yasin Bhatkal of the Indian Mujahideen. An investigation into the incident has been ordered.

Suspect terrorist strangulated in Pune's Yerwada Jail