Bhatkal faces multiple terrorism charges, including conspiring to wage war against India in 2012 and involvement in the September 2008 Delhi serial blasts, which killed 26 people and injured 135.
NEW DELHI: A Delhi court on Monday(23rd Sept) requested a response from the city police regarding an application submitted by Yasin Bhatkal, the Indian Mujahideen founder, who is accused of conspiring to wage war against India.
Bhatkal, currently held in Tihar Central Jail, is seeking custody parole to visit his ailing mother, who recently underwent cardiac surgery.
Additional Sessions Judge Chander Jit Singh has instructed the Delhi Police Special Cell to submit its reply by Tuesday.
Bhatkal faces multiple terrorism charges, including conspiring to wage war against India in 2012 and involvement in the September 2008 Delhi serial blasts, which killed 26 people and injured 135.
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Yasin Bhatkal, whose real name is Mohammed Ahmad Siddibapaa, is a 36-year-old from Bhatkal town in Karnataka. In 2016, a Hyderabad court sentenced him to death for his role in the 2013 Dilsukhnagar blasts in Hyderabad, which killed 18 people.
Bhatkal is also accused in the 2008 bombings in Ahmedabad and Bengaluru, as well as the 2012 Pune blast.
In 2013, Bhatkal was traced to Pokhara, Nepal, and subsequently sentenced to death along with five others for the Hyderabad blasts. These were the first convictions of members of the Indian Mujahideen (IM), an organization responsible for a series of bombings since 2008.
