NEW DELHI: Delhi Police has detained SIMI-IM operative Abdul Subhan Qureshi who is one of the most wanted terrorists in the country for instigating the 2008 Gujarat blasts.

DCP Pramod Kushwaha confirmed his arrest and said that Qureshi, who had gone underground for the last a number of years, had returned to India to stimulate Indian Mujahideen (IM).

"Abdul Subhan Qureshi was living with forged documents in Nepal. He came back to India to revive Indian Mujahideen," DCP Kushwaha told in media briefing on Monday.

The Special Cell of Delhi Police walked off with Qureshi after a short-lived exchange of fire. Then he was presented before a court and sent to police remand for 14 days, DCP Kushwaha informed.

"Abdul Subhan Qureshi was living with forged documents in Nepal. He came back to India to revive Indian Mujahideen," DCP Kushwaha told at a press conference.

The search for Qureshi started a day after 21 bomb blasts splited through Ahmedabad on July 26, 2008. His name was first declared as a suspect by the Gujarat police in links with an email signed 'al-Arabi' of terror group Indian Mujahideen, claiming accountability for the bombings, which was sent to TV channels.

Qureshi, alias Tauqeer, is also most wanted by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) in association to terror attacks in Delhi, Bengaluru and the 2006 Mumbai local train bombings. The Gujarat ATS and Ahmedabad crime branch are in laid a hand on with Delhi special cell officials in light of the frightened terror suspect's custody.

Dubbed 'India's Bin Laden', Qureshi is an expert in the art of changing his appearance, which helped him give the slip to cops on a number of occasions, senior intelligence officers conjecture.