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Court to pronounce order on charges against Bhatkal on Aug 1

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A Delhi court today reserved for August 1 its order on whether to put Indian Mujahideen (IM) operative Yasin Bhatkal on trial in four separate terror cases. Additional Sessions Judge Sidharth Sharma reserved its order after concluding the hearing of arguments on charges in the cases. While two cases relate to the 2010 Jama Masjid […]

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Yasin Bhatkal records statement before magistrate in 2008 case

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Indian Mujahideen operative Yasin Bhatkal, currently in custody of police in connection with a bomb planting case of 2008, today gave his statement before the court. The statement was recorded under section 164 of the CrPC under which any metropolitan magistrate or judicial magistrate may, whether or not he has jurisdiction in the case, record […]

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Hyderabad blasts: 5 IM operatives sentenced to death

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Five key operatives of Indian Mujahideen, including the banned terror outfit’s co-founder Yasin Bhatkal and a Pakistani national, were today awarded death penalty by a Special NIA Court here in the February 2013 Hyderabad bomb blasts which claimed 18 lives. Pronouncing the sentence, Judge T Srinivasa Rao described the case as the “rarest of the […]

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Yasin Bhatkal alleges threat to life, seeks 24-hr surveillance

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Jailed Indian Mujahideen (IM) co-founder Mohammed Ahmed Siddibapa alias Bhatkal, an accused in the February 2013 Dilsukhnagar twin blasts here, has alleged he is facing threat to his life from police and sought round-the-clock surveillance. In a petition filed before the Special Court for NIA cases, Bhatkal and other accused, lodged in the Cherlapalli Central […]

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Indian Mujahideen men used social networking sites for communication: Police

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Indian Mujahideen (IM) operatives extensively used social networking sites like Facebook and other e-mail chats to communicate with each other, including with its co-founder Riyaz Bhatkal, to execute their terror plans, Delhi Police has told a court here. “The accused persons disclosed a number of Nimbuzz IDs, Yahoo IDs, Paltalk IDs, Gmail IDs and Facebook […]

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Production warrants against Bhatkal, two others

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A court here Tuesday issued a production warrant against Indian Mujahideen (IM) co-founder Yasin Bhatkal and three others for planning terror strikes in India. Issuing the warrant against Bhatkal, his associate Asadullah Akhtar and one more accused, District Judge I.S. Mehta at Patiala House court fixed April 2 for further hearing. Bhatkal and Akhtar are […]

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Jama Masjid case: Bhatkal sent to seven days police custody

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A court here Friday sent Indian Mujahideen (IM) co-founder Yasin Bhatkal and his aide to seven days police custody in connection with September 2010 Jama Masjid terror attack case. Additional Sessions Judge Daya Prakash allowed Delhi Police’s plea seeking custodial interrogation of Bhatkal and his close aide Asadullah Akhtar, both accused in the case which […]

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Court verdict Thursday in Batla House shootout

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A Delhi court Thursday will pronounce its verdict in the 2008 Batla House shootout in which a lone suspected Indian Mujahideen operative Shahzad Ahmad is facing trial. Additional Sessions Judge Rajender Kumar Shastri will pass the order. The prosecution, in its final arguments, had contended that it had “sufficient circumstantial evidence” and phone records to […]

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Batla House:Accused denies encounter took place

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Another accused in the 2008 serial blasts, Zeeshan Ahmed, also deposed as defence witness through video conferencing from Sabarmati jail. An alleged Indian Mujahideen (IM) operative, who is an accused in 2008 Delhi serial blasts, on Friday appeared as defence witness in Batla House encounter trial where he denied that any gunbattle had taken place […]

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Batla House case accused says he never confessed

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The lone alleged Indian Mujahideen militant facing trial in the 2008Batla House encounter case here has pleaded innocence before a Delhi court while refuting police’s claim that he had confessed to his role. “I am innocent and have been falsely implicated in this case,” said Shazad Ahmed while recording his statement before additional sessions judge Rajender Kumar Shastri. Shazad is […]

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Terror strikes B’lore, 16 injured in bomb blast near BJP office

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Terror struck Bangalore today ahead of the upcoming Karnataka Assembly elections when a low-intensity bomb exploded near the bustling BJP city office in a busy residential area killing at least 16 people, including 11 policemen. The bomb, apparently strapped to a motorbike parked between a van and a car, went off around 10.30 a.m. about […]

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Hyd blast: IM men remanded in custody, NIA pulled up by court

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The NIA five-day custody of two suspected operatives of banned Indian Mujahideen has been granted by a local court to interrogate them in connection with the February 21 Hyderabad blasts but pulled up the agency for its “casual” approach and unpreparedness. “You (NIA) come prepared before the court and come with proper citation. Do not come […]

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