Delhi Police to question IM duo arrested in Karnataka

The Special Cell will also record Ansaris voice sample

The Delhi Police Special Cell on Monday approached the Tis Hazari courts for permission to jointly interrogate two Indian Mujahideen(IM) members arrested by the Karnataka Police last month Mohammad Kafeel Akhtar and Kamal Hasan with Zabiuddin Ansari.

Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Vinod Yadav issued production warrants for the duo,arrested for their alleged role in the Chinnaswamy stadium blast in 2010 and currently lodged in Bangalores central jail.

The two accused in the custody of Karnataka police will be brought to Delhi and will be jointly interrogated with Ansari. We have got the production warrants for them, said an official.

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The Special Cell will also record Ansaris voice sample. On June 2,the Special Cell had approached the court for a non-bailable warrant against him. Investigators are also on the lookout for three associates of Ansari,identified as Masood Mehmood Ahmed,Zulfiqar Fayyaz Kagazi Ahmed Kagzi and Sheikh Ejaz,all residents of Beed in Maharashtra.

Delhi Police said while Ansari was not wanted in any specific terror case in Delhi,he is being interrogated for his larger role in the formation of the Indian Mujahideen. He has confessed to his involvement in the 26/11 Mumbai attacks and we are gathering more evidence against him, said an officer.

Public Safety Minister Gary Anandasangaree said the designation gives law enforcement “enhanced powers to combat a group that has instilled fear through violence and intimidation”.

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