Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal had contested his arrest and ED remand granted by the trial court before a Delhi High Court Bench of Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma. CM Kejriwal was represented by high-profile lawyer Abhishek Manu Singhvi, and ED counsel was ASG SV Raju. The court had reserved it’s order which was pronounced today. Here’s what the court said…
Tag: Tihar
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Court seeks Tihar’s response on ISIS man allegation he was forced to chant ‘Jai Shri Ram’
By PTI
NEW DELHI: A Delhi court on Friday sought response from Tihar jail authorities on an application moved by an alleged ISIS member claiming that he was beaten up by other inmates there and was forced to chant ‘Jai Shri Ram’.The accused, Rashid Zafar, was arrested in 2018 on the allegations of being members of an ISIS-inspired group that were planning suicide attacks and serial blasts, targeting politicians as also government installations, in Delhi and other parts of north India.
Special Judge Parveen Singh issued notice to Tihar jail superintendent and sought the reply to Zafar’s application by June 14, when the court will further hear the matter.
The application said that the incident was disclosed by the accused to his father telephonically from Tihar Jail.
“The accused was beaten up and forced to chant religious slogans like ‘Jai Shri Ram’ by his inmates,” advocate M S Khan, appearing for the accused, claimed.
The plea, moved by advocate Qausar Khan, requested that “appropriate directions may be passed to the Jail Superintendent to look into the matter.”
The accused were arrested along with nine others in December 2018 after NIA carried out searches, in coordination with Special cell of Delhi Police and Anti-Terrorism Squad of Uttar Pradesh Police, at six places in Jafrabad, Seelampur in Delhi, and 11 places in Uttar Pradesh — six in Amroha, two in Lucknow, two in Hapur and two in Meerut.
The searches and the arrests came a month before the Republic Day celebrations on January 26. According to NIA, a locally-made rocket launcher, material for suicide vests and 112 alarm clocks to be used as timers were recovered from the searches.
The agency also said it recovered 25 kg of explosive material — Potassium Nitrate, Ammonium Nitrate and Sulphur.
The group allegedly had also purchased remote control cars and wireless doorbells to use their circuits in assembling remote-controlled improvised explosive devices.
Besides, the NIA also recovered steel containers, electric wires, 91 mobile phones, 134 SIM cards, 3 laptops, knife, sword, ISIS-related literature during the searches.
The probe agency had initially rounded up 16 persons of the group ‘Harkat ul Harb e Islam’, which loosely translates into war for the cause of Islam.
Of the 16 detained, 10 were later arrested – five from Amroha, in UP and five from Seelampur and Jafrabad localities in north-east Delhi, the agency had said.
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Forced to chant ‘Jai Shri Ram’ inside Tihar, ‘ISIS man’ tells court
By PTI
NEW DELHI: An alleged ISIS member arrested for planning suicide attacks and serial blasts across the country, approached a Delhi court on Wednesday claiming that he was beaten up by other inmates in Tihar jail and forced to chant ‘Jai Shri Ram’.The accused, Rashid Zafar, was arrested in 2018 on the allegations of being member of an ISIS-inspired group who were planning suicide attacks and serial blasts, targeting politicians as also government installations in Delhi and other parts of north India.
Advocate M S Khan claimed in the application, which is likely to come up for hearing on Thursday, that the incident was disclosed by the accused to his father telephonically from Tihar Jail.
“The accused was beaten up and forced to chant religious slogans like ‘Jai Shri Ram’ by his inmates,” the application said.
The plea, moved by advocate Qausar Khan, requested that “appropriate directions may be passed to the Jail Superintendent to look into the matter”.
The accused were arrested along with nine others in December 2018 after NIA carried out searches, in coordination with Special cell of Delhi Police and Anti-Terrorism Squad of Uttar Pradesh Police, at six places in Jafrabad, Seelampur in Delhi, and 11 places in Uttar Pradesh — six in Amroha, two in Lucknow, two in Hapur and two in Meerut.
The searches and the arrests came a month before the Republic Day celebrations on January 26. According to NIA, a locally-made rocket launcher, material for suicide vests and 112 alarm clocks to be used as timers were recovered from the searches.
The agency also said it recovered 25 kg of explosive material — Potassium Nitrate, Ammonium Nitrate and Sulphur.
The group allegedly had also purchased remote control cars and wireless doorbells to use their circuits in assembling remote-controlled improvised explosive devices.
Besides, the NIA also recovered steel containers, electric wires, 91 mobile phones, 134 SIM cards, 3 laptops, knife, sword, ISIS-related literature during the searches.
The probe agency had initially rounded up 16 persons of the group ‘Harkat ul Harb e Islam’, which loosely translates into war for the cause of Islam.
Of the 16 detained, 10 were later arrested – five from Amroha, in UP and five from Seelampur and Jafrabad localities in north-east Delhi, the agency had said.
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Mukesh Ambani bomb threat: Jaish-ul-Hind’s Telegram channel ‘created in Tihar’, say police
By PTI
MUMBAI: A Telegram channel through which an organisation named Jaish-ul-Hind had claimed responsibility for placing an explosives-laden SUV near industrialist Mukesh Ambani’s residence here was “created in the Tihar” area of Delhi, a senior Mumbai police official said on Thursday.The Delhi police has been informed about it, he added.
The police took the help of a private cyber agency to track the location of the phone on which the Telegram channel was created, the official said.
During the investigation, the location of the phone was traced near Delhi’s Tihar Jail, he added.
A Mahindra Scorpio car with gelatin sticks was found parked near “Antilia”, the multi-storey residence of Ambani, in south Mumbai on February 25.
According to police sources, the Telegram channel was created on February 26 and the message claiming responsibility for placing the vehicle outside Ambani’s residence was posted on the Telegram messaging app late in the night on February 27.
The message had also demanded payment in cryptocurrency and mentioned a link to deposit the same.
During the probe, the link was found as “not available”, due to which the investigators suspected it to be mischievous, the official said.
On February 28, another message from Jaish-ul-Hind surfaced on a social media platform, claiming that the organisation did not have any role in the incident.
The investigation in the case was initially conducted by the Crime Branch of the Mumbai police.
After the mysterious death of Thane-based auto parts dealer Mansukh Hiran, who was in possession of the SUV that was later found parked outside Ambani’s residence, the probe was transferred to the Maharashtra Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS).
On Monday, the National Investigation Agency (NIA) took over the case related to the recovery of the explosives-laden vehicle.