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Dilsukhnagar twin blasts: NIA files charge-sheet against Bhatkal, aides
Dilsukhnagar Twin Blasts: NIA Files Charge-Sheet Against Bhatkal, Aides. National Investigating Agency (NIA) on Friday filed charge-sheet against Indian Mujahideen (IM) co-founder Yasin Bhatkal, his close associate Asadullah Akhtar and others for the alleged conspiracy to carry out the Dilsukhnagar twin blasts in February last year.
Bhaktal and Asadullah were arrested on the Indo-Nepal border on August 29, 2013. During the course of investigation, NIA located and searched the hideout of Asadullah in Mangalore and seized many IED-making items.
Hyderabad: National Investigating Agency (NIA) on Friday filed charge-sheet against Indian Mujahideen (IM) co-founder Yasin Bhatkal, his close associate Asadullah Akhtar and others for the alleged conspiracy to carry out the Dilsukhnagar twin blasts in February last year.
The charge-sheet narrates their roles in various terror strikes across the county. They have been charge-sheeted for offences under Sections 302, 307, 324, 326, 316, 121, 121A, 122, 201 and 120B of the Indian Penal Code, Sections 3 and 5 of the Explosive Substances Act 1908, Sections 10, 16, 17, 19, 20, 38 (2) and 39 (2) and Section 18 of the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act 1967.
Regarding Bhatkal’s role, the NIA said that he, along with other conspirators, developed different modules and sleeper cells in Delhi, Darbhanga in Bihar, Nanded, Mumbai, Pune, Bhatkal in Karnataka and Hyderabad.
The charge-sheet said that Bhatkal, along with Riyaz Bhatkal and Iqbal Bhatkal, other co-founders of IM, had decided to form a new organisation called the IM to carry out attacks in different parts of India with a view to terrorising the Indian citizens, especially the majority community.
Bhaktal and Asadullah were arrested on the Indo-Nepal border on August 29, 2013. During the course of investigation, NIA located and searched the hideout of Asadullah in Mangalore and seized many IED-making items.
The investigation also revealed that the accused had been communicating through the internet chatting with each other throughout the planning, finding the suitable hideouts, purchasing of materials for the preparation of bombs and the escape. They were using proxy servers for chatting to hide their identity.
In this investigation, a total of 440 witnesses were examined, 251 documents and 300 material objects were seized.
Extensive cyber forensic evidence was gathered which forms a major part of the evidence.
