Delhi Police chargesheet filed against Bhatkal, aide in Jama Masjid attack

bhatkalNew Delhi: Indian Mujahideen (IM) co-founder Yasin Bhatkal and his aide Asadullah Akhtar were on Thursday chargesheeted by the Delhi Police in a court in connection with the September 2010 Jama Masjid terror attack case where a bomb fitted in a car had exploded.

Special Cell of Delhi Police filed its charge sheet before Additional Sessions Judge Daya Prakash in which Bhatkal and Akhtar were charged for offences under the provisions of the IPC, the Explosive Substances Act, the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act and the Information Technology Act.

The court has fixed the matter for May 22 on the issue of consideration of the charge sheet.The police, in its charge sheet, said after the terror strike at the historic mosque on September 19, 2010, the members of IM had sent e-mails to the media claiming responsibility for the attack.

It said that Yasin Bhatkal had prepared and planted a pressure cooker IED in a car which was parked near the gate number three of Jama Masjid. The police claimed that on September 19, 2010, two suspected IM operatives had fired at a bus from which foreign tourists were descending near the gate number three of the mosque whereas Bhatkal had planted the bomb in the car.

Bureau Report

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