Delhi police get further 20 days to conclude probe on Bhatkal

New Delhi: A court has allowed the plea of Delhi Police seeking 20 days more time to complete its investigation against Indian Mujahideen (IM) co-founder Yasin Bhatkal and his close aide Asadullah Akhtar in connection with the September 2010 Jama Masjid terror attack case. The special Cell of the Delhi Police moved an application before Additional Sessions Judge Daya Prakash, saying they require 20 days time to conclude the probe as suspected top IM operative Zia-ur-Rehman alias Waqas was arrested on 22 March and they need to quiz him to establish “missing links”. “He (Waqas) has to be arrested in this case. With the arrest of this wanted terrorist, the missing links in the conspiracy are likely to be established which requires that period of investigation and judicial custody of these accused persons (Yasin and Akhtar) be extended,” the police said. [caption id=“attachment_1467475” align=“alignleft” width=“380”]  AFP[/caption] It also said the reports of e-mails and ID chats used by Yasin and Akhtar have been sought from Yahoo and Nimbuzz and were still awaited. The police also claimed that Yasin had prepared the pressure cooker bomb that was fitted in a car parked outside the Jama Masjid on 19 September, 2010. “The material used to prepare circuits/timer fitted in the IED (improvised explosive device) was purchased by Ahmad Siddibappa (Yasin) and Asadullah Akhtar from Lajpat Rai market in Delhi,” it said. It also informed the court that efforts were being made to arrest the absconding accused, including IM co-founders Riyaz Bhatkal, Iqbal Bhatkal and top IM operative Amir Raza Khan. The court allowed the plea filed by the special cell and granted it 20 days time to complete its probe against Yasin and Akhtar who were arrested by National Investigation Agency near the Indo-Nepal border on the night of 28 August last year. On September 19, 2010, two bikers had fired on tourists at the gate of Jama Masjid in Old Delhi area and two Taiwanese - Ku-Ze-Wei and Ko-Chiange - had sustained bullet injuries whereas a bomb was fitted in a car parked in the area. Yasin and Akhtar are presently in Maharashtra after the Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) Mumbai had taken their custody in connection with the cases lodged against them there. They both were wanted for their alleged roles in strings of terror attacks across the country. PTI