Top IM man Tehsin Akhtar sent to police custody till 2 April
27 March 2014 5:35 AM IST
Top Indian Mujahideen operative Tehseen Akhtar alias Monu, one of the alleged masterminds of a string of terror attacks in the country, was on Wednesday remanded in police custody till 2 April by a Delhi Court.
Akhtar, who was arrested from near Kakarvitta Indo-Nepal border in Darjeeling district of West Bengal yesterday, was brought to Delhi in the night and was produced before the judge here this morning.
According to police sources, the Special Cell of Delhi police told the court that they need to conduct a sustained custodial interrogation of the accused to unearth the entire terror conspiracy of the banned outfit.
Police also told the court that Akhtar, a top bomb-maker of IM, was required to be confronted with one of his top associate Zia-ur-Rehman alias Waqas, a Pakistani national who was arrested on 22 March, and others who were also apprehended by them.
Akhtar was wanted by security agencies for his alleged roles in a string of terror strikes, including the 7 July, 2013 Bodh Gaya Blasts and the October 27 last year blasts in Patna.
Akhtar, who was arrested from near Kakarvitta Indo-Nepal border in Darjeeling district of West Bengal yesterday, was brought to Delhi in the night and was produced before the judge here this morning.
According to police sources, the Special Cell of Delhi police told the court that they need to conduct a sustained custodial interrogation of the accused to unearth the entire terror conspiracy of the banned outfit.
Police also told the court that Akhtar, a top bomb-maker of IM, was required to be confronted with one of his top associate Zia-ur-Rehman alias Waqas, a Pakistani national who was arrested on 22 March, and others who were also apprehended by them.
Akhtar was wanted by security agencies for his alleged roles in a string of terror strikes, including the 7 July, 2013 Bodh Gaya Blasts and the October 27 last year blasts in Patna.
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