Jundal threatens to go on fast against solitary confinement

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Press Trust of India Mumbai
Last Updated : Apr 01 2013 | 9:45 PM IST
Suspected LeT operative and key plotter of 26/11 terror strikes Abu Jundal has threatened to go on hunger strike if not taken out of solitary confinement.
He said this in a letter submitted today by authorities of Arthur Road jail, where he has been lodged, to the special Maharashtra Control of Organised Crimes Act (MCOCOA) court which is trying him in connection with the 2006 Aurangabad arms haul case.
"Jundal wrote this letter to jail authorities on March 28 that if he is not allowed to mingle with other prisoners then he would go on hunger strike," said his advocate Ejaz Naqvi.
The hearing on the letter is likely tomorrow.
Jundal is one of the 22 accused in the arms haul case wherein the Maharashtra ATS team had seized 30 kg RDX, 10 AK-47 assault rifles and 3,200 bullets on May 8, 2006 from three persons after chasing a Tata Sumo and an Indica car on Chandwad-Manmad highway near Aurangabad.
The Indica was allegedly driven by Jundal, who managed to give police the slip at that time.
According to prosecution, Jundal then drove to Malegaon and handed over the vehicle to an acquaintance before escaping to Pakistan via Bangladesh on a fake passport in May 2006.
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First Published: Apr 01 2013 | 9:45 PM IST

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