A special court in Mumbai remanded Three Terrorists one of them Dr Adnanali Sarkar, a Pune-based doctor, and two others to the National Investigation Agency (NIA)’s custody in a terror-related case.
Zubair Shaikh and Zulfikar Ali were among the four who were held earlier this month by the NIA. They were sent to NIA’s custody till July 31. Meanwhile, Sarkar has been remanded to NIA’s custody till August 8.
The NIA had earlier arrested four people in the case during simultaneous raids in Mumbai, Thane and Pune on July 3. Zubair and Zulfikar were among those arrested at the time. Apart from them, Tabish Nasser Siddiqui and Sharjeel Shaikh were also arrested.
43-year-old Adnanali Sarkar was the fifth person to be arrested in the case pertaining to promoting terrorist activities in India at the behest of ISIS.
Zulfikar and Zubair were produced in court on Friday, and NIA sought their custody for ten days, stating they wanted them to be confronted with Sarkar for further questioning.
However, advocate Tahira Shaikh, appearing for Zulfikar Ali, submitted that the information was provided to them (NIA) by Pune ATS.
“Let them (NIA) show the progress made in the probe. Whatever progress is there…it has been made by Pune ATS in relation to another crime…So let ATS come and take my custody. Why does NIA need custody,” she argued.
Zubair Shaikh’s lawyer Hasnain Kazi also opposed the application, saying it is not tenable in the eyes of the law.
“If the NIA had arrested another accused in their case and wanted to confront him with those held earlier, we would not have had a problem,” news agency PTI quoted Kazi as saying.
After hearing both sides, the court remanded Zubair Shaikh and Zulfikar Ali in the custody of the NIA.
