City police are finding it hard to get an Interpol alert against the serial blasts mastermind because he has no previous criminal record

The city police is yet to recommend an Interpol red corner notice against fugitive Riyaz Bhatkal, the mastermind of the Bangalore and Gujarat serial blasts.

Joint commissioner of police (crime) Alok Kumar admitted that they have not yet recommended a red corner notice against him. The reason the police have not moved on getting a red corner notice issued is reportedly because it involves a tedious and long procedure.

Procedure requires that to qualify for an Interpol red corner notice the culprit should be involve in several important cases of national and international ramification. Curiously, Riyaz Bhatkal did not have a single case pending against him before his name cropped up in connection with the Bangalore blasts and other terrorist activities.

This is a clear indication that the Bangalore police are finding it difficult to issue a red corner notice against the fugitive.

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