NIA court extends judicial custody of Liyaqat Shah
13 April 2013 8:47 AM IST
Suspected Hizbul militant Liyaqat Shah was produced in a special NIA court on Friday which extended his judicial remand till 25 April after a magisterial court refused to hear the matter on the grounds that his case has been transferred to National Investigation Agency (NIA).
During the day, Liyaqat was first produced before Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (CMM) Manoj Kumar at Saket district courts after expiry of his judicial custody in connection with the case in which Delhi police had claimed that he was planning to carry out terror attacks in the capital.
CMM Kumar refused to hear the matter saying the case has been transferred to the NIA and directed the police to produce him before the special NIA court. Liyaqat was then produced before the special NIA court at Patiala House court.
During an in-chamber hearing, District Judge I S Mehta extended his judicial custody till 25 April, court sources said, adding that the judge also directed that trial court's records, lying before CMM Kumar, be produced before him on the next date of hearing.
While refusing to hear the matter, CMM Kumar asked Liyaqat whether he want to say something. Liyaqat told the court that he has no idea about the condition of his family members and he wants information about them.
On 2 April, NIA was allowed by the court to interrogate Liyaqat, who is presently lodged in Tihar Jail. With Shah's arrest generating conflicting versions from Delhi and Jammu and Kashmir police, the Centre had recently transferred the probe in the case to NIA.
While Delhi police have claimed that with Shah's arrest they had foiled a 'fidayeen' (suicide) attack in the capital ahead of Holi, its J-K counterpart insisted that he was one of those who had exfiltrated in 1990s and had returned to India to surrender under the state's rehabilitation policy.
Shah, 45, a resident of Jammu and Kashmir, has been quizzed by special cell of Delhi police since 21 March. The police had earlier said that Shah was apprehended on 20 March from the Indo-Nepal border area near Gorakhpur in Uttar Pradesh and had revealed during interrogation that he is a trained militant of banned terror group Hizbul Mujahideen and was settled in Muzaffarabad in Pakistan occupied Kashmir (PoK).
The police had said in January 2013, Shah and his associate Manzoor, a resident of Jammu and Kashmir, were directed by top-ranks of Hizbul to carry out terror attacks in Delhi.
It had said that upon disclosure of the accused, a huge consignment of arms, hand-grenades, explosive material and other incriminating material were recovered from a guest house in Jama Masjid area. It had said that his associates, including Manzoor are absconding.
During the day, Liyaqat was first produced before Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (CMM) Manoj Kumar at Saket district courts after expiry of his judicial custody in connection with the case in which Delhi police had claimed that he was planning to carry out terror attacks in the capital.
CMM Kumar refused to hear the matter saying the case has been transferred to the NIA and directed the police to produce him before the special NIA court. Liyaqat was then produced before the special NIA court at Patiala House court.
During an in-chamber hearing, District Judge I S Mehta extended his judicial custody till 25 April, court sources said, adding that the judge also directed that trial court's records, lying before CMM Kumar, be produced before him on the next date of hearing.
While refusing to hear the matter, CMM Kumar asked Liyaqat whether he want to say something. Liyaqat told the court that he has no idea about the condition of his family members and he wants information about them.
On 2 April, NIA was allowed by the court to interrogate Liyaqat, who is presently lodged in Tihar Jail. With Shah's arrest generating conflicting versions from Delhi and Jammu and Kashmir police, the Centre had recently transferred the probe in the case to NIA.
While Delhi police have claimed that with Shah's arrest they had foiled a 'fidayeen' (suicide) attack in the capital ahead of Holi, its J-K counterpart insisted that he was one of those who had exfiltrated in 1990s and had returned to India to surrender under the state's rehabilitation policy.
Shah, 45, a resident of Jammu and Kashmir, has been quizzed by special cell of Delhi police since 21 March. The police had earlier said that Shah was apprehended on 20 March from the Indo-Nepal border area near Gorakhpur in Uttar Pradesh and had revealed during interrogation that he is a trained militant of banned terror group Hizbul Mujahideen and was settled in Muzaffarabad in Pakistan occupied Kashmir (PoK).
The police had said in January 2013, Shah and his associate Manzoor, a resident of Jammu and Kashmir, were directed by top-ranks of Hizbul to carry out terror attacks in Delhi.
It had said that upon disclosure of the accused, a huge consignment of arms, hand-grenades, explosive material and other incriminating material were recovered from a guest house in Jama Masjid area. It had said that his associates, including Manzoor are absconding.
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