The conviction and sentencing of Shahzad Ahmed in the sensational 2008 Batla House encounter case brought smiles on the faces of Delhi police officials.
However, the branding of Liyaqat as a big catch by special cell of Delhi Police later on turned out to be damp squib as Jammu and Kashmir Police insisted that he was one of those who ex-filtrated in 1990s and returned to India to surrender under the state’s rehabilitation policy. IM co-founder Bhatkal, 30, was perhaps one of the biggest catches for the probe agencies as he is wanted in over 60 terror cases across the country. Carrying a reward of Rs 35 lakh, he was arrested along with his close aide Asadullah Akhtar by NIA from the Indo-Nepal border on 28 August.
Similarly, top Lashkar-e-Taiba bomb expert Tunda, one of the 20 terrorists India had asked Pakistan to hand over after the 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks, was caught by Delhi Police after being on the run for nearly two decades. He is suspected to be involved in 40 bombings across the country.
Close on the heels of Bhatkal and Tunda, the case of Abu Jundal, suspected LeT terrorist and one of the masterminds of the 26/11 attacks, also made headlines this year when he claimed in the court that NIA and Maharashtra Police had forced him to sign some documents and blank papers.
At the fag end of the year, two terrorists of LeT’s Mewat module were arrested by special cell for allegedly conspiring to carry out terror strikes in the national capital. In 2013, the court also commenced the trial against Wasim Akram Malik, arrested for his alleged role in September 2011 Delhi High Court blast, by recording statements of prosecution witnesses including co-accused-turned-approver Amir Abbas Dev.
The blast at the high court’s reception on 7 September, 2011 had killed 15 people and left over 70 injured.
However, the branding of Liyaqat as a big catch by special cell of Delhi Police later on turned out to be damp squib as Jammu and Kashmir Police insisted that he was one of those who ex-filtrated in 1990s and returned to India to surrender under the state’s rehabilitation policy. IM co-founder Bhatkal, 30, was perhaps one of the biggest catches for the probe agencies as he is wanted in over 60 terror cases across the country. Carrying a reward of Rs 35 lakh, he was arrested along with his close aide Asadullah Akhtar by NIA from the Indo-Nepal border on 28 August.
Similarly, top Lashkar-e-Taiba bomb expert Tunda, one of the 20 terrorists India had asked Pakistan to hand over after the 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks, was caught by Delhi Police after being on the run for nearly two decades. He is suspected to be involved in 40 bombings across the country.
Close on the heels of Bhatkal and Tunda, the case of Abu Jundal, suspected LeT terrorist and one of the masterminds of the 26/11 attacks, also made headlines this year when he claimed in the court that NIA and Maharashtra Police had forced him to sign some documents and blank papers.
At the fag end of the year, two terrorists of LeT’s Mewat module were arrested by special cell for allegedly conspiring to carry out terror strikes in the national capital. In 2013, the court also commenced the trial against Wasim Akram Malik, arrested for his alleged role in September 2011 Delhi High Court blast, by recording statements of prosecution witnesses including co-accused-turned-approver Amir Abbas Dev.
The blast at the high court’s reception on 7 September, 2011 had killed 15 people and left over 70 injured.