Delhi terror plot case: LeT member sent to police custody
29 July 2014 12:50 AM GMT
An alleged member of banned terrorist organisation Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT), serving life term in Kolkata for his role in 2001 Partha Roy Burman kidnapping case, has been remanded in police custody till 2 August by a Delhi court in connection with a case of conspiracy to carry out terror attacks in Delhi.
District Judge IS Mehta allowed the plea of special cell of Delhi Police seeking six days’ custodial interrogation of Asahbuddin alias Shaukat, who was produced in court from Kolkata Jail after a production warrant had been issued against him. The police arrested Asahbuddin in connection with a case of conspiracy of LeT to kidnap a businessman to generate funds for buying weapons and explosives to carry out terror attacks in the national capital.
The police told the court that earlier a charge sheet was filed against arrested accused Mohd Rashid and Mohd Shahid on 8 May this year and they were charged for criminal conspiracy under Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act. Later on during the probe, police arrested another accused Abul Subhan on 20 July. He disclosed that he had contacted his nephew Asahbuddin, who was lodged in Kolkata jail, for safe transfer of money through hawala route for financing weapons from across the border through LeT network.
During the arguments, advocate MS Khan, who appeared for Asahbuddin, opposed the plea filed by police contending that his client was falsely implicated in the case and there was no evidence to connect him with it. ‘Asahbuddin and one Arshad (a Pakistani terrorist lodged in Kolkata jail) referred Abdul Subhan to their old aide Javed Baluchi, an important Lashkar commander based in Pakistan who also oversees the finances for his Tanzeem.Â
District Judge IS Mehta allowed the plea of special cell of Delhi Police seeking six days’ custodial interrogation of Asahbuddin alias Shaukat, who was produced in court from Kolkata Jail after a production warrant had been issued against him. The police arrested Asahbuddin in connection with a case of conspiracy of LeT to kidnap a businessman to generate funds for buying weapons and explosives to carry out terror attacks in the national capital.
The police told the court that earlier a charge sheet was filed against arrested accused Mohd Rashid and Mohd Shahid on 8 May this year and they were charged for criminal conspiracy under Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act. Later on during the probe, police arrested another accused Abul Subhan on 20 July. He disclosed that he had contacted his nephew Asahbuddin, who was lodged in Kolkata jail, for safe transfer of money through hawala route for financing weapons from across the border through LeT network.
During the arguments, advocate MS Khan, who appeared for Asahbuddin, opposed the plea filed by police contending that his client was falsely implicated in the case and there was no evidence to connect him with it. ‘Asahbuddin and one Arshad (a Pakistani terrorist lodged in Kolkata jail) referred Abdul Subhan to their old aide Javed Baluchi, an important Lashkar commander based in Pakistan who also oversees the finances for his Tanzeem.Â
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