Five accused of Delhi blasts handed over to Gujarat Police

New Delhi, Oct 27 (PTI) Gujarat police Monday secured the
custody of five Delhi serial blasts accused from a court here,
claiming "clinching" evidence against them in the synchronised
terror attacks in Ahmedabad.

Seeking transit remand of suspects Mohammed Saif, Zeeshan
Ahmad, Mohammed Shakeel, Zia-ur-Rehman and Saquib Nissar, the
police claimed that they allegedly disclosed their involvement
during interrogation by the Delhi police here.

Their names have also emerged following interrogation of
27 other accused, who have been arrested in July 26 serial
blasts in Ahmedabad, they submitted.

Metropolitan Magistrate Vinay Singhal, allowing their
plea, granted transit remand of the accused with a direction
that they would be produced before a competent court on
October 30.

"The court is of the opinion that the contention that
their remand was being granted on stereotyped manner cannot be
the ground for declining the request for transit remand as
sought by the Gujarat police in connection with an entirely
different case," the court said, adding that every case was to
be looked as an individual case.

Gujarat police, armed with Non Bailable Warrant (N.B.W.)
issued against them, alleged that five suspects were amongst
those who had planted the bombs in the Ahmedabad city, which
claimed 56 lives and left scores injured.

They arrested the accused in connection with a blast case
registered with Maninagar police station in Ahmedabad.

The five suspects were produced before the court on the
completion of their 12 day-long custodial interrogation in
the blast case registered with Connaught Place police station
here. They were remanded to judicial custody in the three
cases lodged at Karol Bagh, Greater Kailash part I and
Connaught Place police stations here.

The counsel for the accused vehemently opposed plea of
Gujarat police saying that the Delhi police had earlier
secured their custodial interrogation saying that the accused
were to be taken to various places in Gujarat and Rajasthan.

They also submitted that the Delhi High Court was seized
with their petition alleging that the custodial interrogation
of the accused were extended on stereotyped manner in the
cases related September 13 blasts here.

They also alleged they were also not being informed on
the details of the cases registered against the suspects.

Meanwhile, Rajasthan Police also moved a similar plea for
the custody of Mohd Saif, one of the five suspects, which was
turned down by the court on the ground that the plea was first
moved by Gujarat Police.

The court, however, asked Rajasthan Police, which sought
custody of Saif in the Jaipur blasts that had claimed 86
lives, to move a similar plea in Gujarat.

Saif was arrested following the Batla House encounter in
Jamia Nagar in south Delhi on September 19 while Zeeshan was
arrested on the same evening from Jhandewalan area in Central
Delhi where he had gone to give an interview to a private T.V.
channel.

The other three accused -- Shakeel, Zia-ur-Rehman and
Saquib -- were arrested from Shaheen Bagh here on September
20.

All the accused have been booked under various provisions
of the I.P.C., Explosive Substances Act and Unlawful
Activities (Prevention) Act.

The serial blasts in the capital had claimed 26 lives and
injured several others. PTI A.T.P.
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