IM men Tehsin Akhtar and Waqas sent to NIA custody till May 16

Suspected Indian Mujahideen (IM) men Tehsin Akhtar and Zia-Ur-Rahman alias Waqas were today remanded in NIA's custody till May 16 by a Special court after the probe agency said they were required to be interrogated to unearth the entire conspiracy of the banned terror outfit.
District Judge I S Mehta allowed the NIA's plea for taking custody of the two accused saying, "both the accused persons are sent to police custody for 10 days i.E. Up to May 16."
"I have perused the charge sheet against the co-accused persons and the case diary on the basis of which non-bailable warrants (NBW) dated July 18, 2013 and September 10, 2013 were issued against both the accused persons.

"In these circumstances, the prayer of NIA for taking police custody of the aforesaid accused persons are allowed and the application moved on behalf of NIA dated May 6, 2014 is disposed of accordingly," the judge said.
The National Investigation Agency (NIA), while seeking custody of Akhtar and Waqas for 15 days, claimed that they have "exclusive knowledge" about the plans of IM to carry out terror attacks in the country in future.
The agency alleged they also know about the hidden modules of IM and "all these need to be verified further in the course of the custodial examination of the accused persons who have detailed knowledge of such other co-conspirators."

It also said that IM Indian chief Yasin Bhatkal, his aide Asadullah Akhtar and seven other suspected members of IM have already been chargesheeted in connection with the case.

During the arguments on the NIA's plea, advocate M S Khan, who appeared for both Akhtar and Waqas, said there was no evidence to connect these two accused in the case.
He argued that NIA's plea "is nothing but to create the evidence against the accused persons including forcible making of the statement of confession."
Khan also claimed that the names of Akhtar and Waqas, a Pakistani national, were "incorporated" in the case by the NIA officials "on their own.