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 Yasin Bhatkal (Left) ; Nitish Kumar (Right) |
Patna (Bihar) : It came as a surprise to intelligence agencies when Bihar Police refused to interrogate Yasin Bhatkal over his role in raising the Darbhanga module of Indian Mujahideen.
It reflects the recalcitrant attitude of Bihar Police who did not questioned the co-founder of Indian Mujahideen, who is wanted in around 40 blast cases. According to reports, IM terrorists were suspects in the serial blasts in Bodh Gaya too and Yasin Bhatkal had particularly links in Bihar and would take refuge in Darbhanga district of Bihar.
Later in the day, Bhatkal and his associate was flown to Delhi by a special plane in Patna on Friday afternoon.
The special plane with Bhatkal and his associate Osadulla Akhtar alias Haddi and NIA officials on board took off from the Jai Prakash Narayan International Airport at 12:38 pm.
Earlier, the duo with their faces covered were brought to the airport from the BMP camp under tight security arrangements.
A small group of people raised slogans at the airport demanding capital punishment to Bhatkal and his associate.
The NIA had on Thursday obtained a three-day transit remand of Bhatkal and his associate from a Motihari court.
Yasin was arrested from Indo-Nepal border on late Wednesday after being on the run for five years in several countries including Nepal, Bangladesh and Pakistan.
He hit the spotlight after the 2008 Delhi serial blasts in which 30 people were killed. He was suspected to be the mastermind of these five blasts.
Yasin Bhatkal arrested from Indo-Nepal border
During the probe, his role was traced back to 2004 as for allegedly distributing explosive material from Karnataka. He is also suspected to have played an active role in the 2006 Mumbai serial train blasts that left 187 people dead.
Yasin, who hails from Bhatkal village of Udupi district in North Karnataka, is wanted in a string of terror attacks in Ahmedabad, Surat, Bangalore, Pune, Delhi and Hyderabad.
Source : Niti Central
