Bhatkal aide confesses role in ’13 Hyderabad blasts
27 Feb 2014 11:12 PM GMT
In his confessional statement recorded under section 164 of the CrPC in October 2013, Asadullah Akhtar said the February 21, 2013 twin blasts at Dilsukhnagar area were executed by him on the instructions of another IM co-founder Riyaz Bhatkal who is now in Pakistan.
The confessional statement given by Akhtar has been filed in a Delhi court by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) along with its charge sheet against Yasin Bhatkal, Akhtar and two other suspected terrorists.
Akhtar told the magistrate that in December 2012, he had a chat with Riyaz Bhatkal and they discussed ‘to do something in Hyderabad’ and in that month itself, they received the money through hawala transactions in Bangalore.
He also said that in January last year, they received the explosives which were sent by Riyaz Bhatkal and thereafter, they conducted a reccee in Dilsukhnagar.
‘On February 18, 2013, we finally decided the place as Dilsukhnagar. Thereafter, I decided the spot... we wanted to do three serial blasts but due to shortage of explosives, we decided only at the above said two places,’ he said.
The confessional statement given by Akhtar has been filed in a Delhi court by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) along with its charge sheet against Yasin Bhatkal, Akhtar and two other suspected terrorists.
Akhtar told the magistrate that in December 2012, he had a chat with Riyaz Bhatkal and they discussed ‘to do something in Hyderabad’ and in that month itself, they received the money through hawala transactions in Bangalore.
He also said that in January last year, they received the explosives which were sent by Riyaz Bhatkal and thereafter, they conducted a reccee in Dilsukhnagar.
‘On February 18, 2013, we finally decided the place as Dilsukhnagar. Thereafter, I decided the spot... we wanted to do three serial blasts but due to shortage of explosives, we decided only at the above said two places,’ he said.
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