Jaish members sent to 10 days’ police custody

New Delhi

The accused persons are sent to police custody till May 14,” the court said. During the proceedings, police told Additional Sessions Judge Reetesh Singh that Mohd. Sajid was arrested and Improvised Explosive Device (IED) was recovered from him, adding that his hand was also burned while making explosives.

The agency while seeking 15day custody told the court that the two other accused Shakir and Sameer were later arrested and some literature related to the terror organisation were recovered from them.

Advocate M S Khan, appearing for the accused persons, opposed the police plea saying that the IED and the literature have already been recovered and there was no need for the police custody in the case.

Delhi Police had detained 12 persons suspected to be linked with a terror outfit planning an attack in the city and recovered explosives from their possession after a series of overnight raids in the national capital and neighbouring states.

The ongoing raids are part of a joint operation of Delhi Police and a central intelligence agency.

While a team of the force’s anti-terror unit special cell zeroed in on two of the youths, while they were allegedly in the process of making improvised explosive device, from east Delhi’s Gokulpuri area, names of the others emerged during their questioning and they were tracked down one after another in the wee hours on Wednesday, a senior official said.
 
All of them are suspected to be members of a sleeper unit of a terror outfit, planning an attack in the national capital and other cities, the official said.

Delhi Police’s special cell has recovered 11 batteries, two timer devices, three pipes and over 250 grams of suspected explosive substance from the trio’s possession. They received training in making IEDs through online sources, Special Commissioner of Police (Special Cell) Arvind Deep said.

During the interrogation, they told police that they had planned serial strikes in popular markets in the city and places with high footfall, Deep said. He said their source of finance and explosives is yet to be ascertained.

The trio and a few detained by the police are members of a WhatsApp group within which they allegedly shared details about the terror outfit and on December 20 they had organised a meeting at Sajid’s east Delhi residence where ‘views of the outfit were propagated’, Deep said.

The three have been arrested under provisions of Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act and Section 120 B (criminal conspiracy) of IPC. special cell teams are conducting raids and more arrests are likely, Deep added.

Those who have been detained for questioning at the Special Cell office in Lodhi Colony here includes a youth, who works as manager at the workshop of an automobile company.