Mumbai blasts: ATS to question suspected IM members

Mumbai, Jul 16 (PTI) Widening its probe into
Wednesday's serial bombings, Maharashtra's Anti-Terrorist
Squad is likely to question suspected Indian Mujahideen
members lodged in Karnataka and Gujarat jails and has sought
the assistance of Kolkata Police in tracking possible
suspects.
"A police team from Karnataka has come to Mumbai to
help us. An ATS team from Maharashtra will also go to
Karnataka and Ahmedabad to question the IM members lodged in
the jails there," said a police official.
The ATS is likely to grill suspected IM member Danish
Riyaz in Ahmedabad who had been arrested there in connection
with the 2008 serial blasts in Gujarat.
In Karnataka, police will also question those who are
believed to have an association with family members of Riyaz
and Iqbal Bhatkal, the founder members of Indian Mujahideen.
The ATS has also sought assistance from Kolkata Police
asking them to verify if any suspects had travelled to Mumbai
from that city and subsequently went underground after the
blasts, as part of its probe into the triple bombings in
Zaveri Bazar, Opera House and Dadar that left 19 people dead
and injured over 130.
The ATS has questioned the owner of a bike, which was
found very close to the blast site in Zaveri Bazar here, to
put together the sequence of events on July 13.
The maroon colour Honda Activa bearing number MH-01-AS
718 was one of the bikes which was very close to the blast
site and was partially destroyed in the bombings.
The bike belongs to one Ashok Jain who lives in
Nagpada area.