Suspected ISI agent's remand extended till Jun 10

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Press Trust of India Chennai
Last Updated : May 27 2014 | 11:59 PM IST
The judicial remand of suspected ISI agent Zahir Hussain was today extended till June 10 by a local court here.
XIII Metropolitan Magistrate S Sivasubramanyam extended the remand when 37-year-old Hussain, arrested here on April 29 by Tamil Nadu Q Branch police, when he was produced before him.
He also issued a non-bailable warrant against one Mohammed Hussain, an accomplice of Zahir Hussain, a Sri Lankan national.
The Metropolitan Magistrate turned down a plea of Hussain a suspected ISI agent, to talk with his pregnant wife in Sri Lanka.
Zahir Hussain, suspected to be acting on the instructions of ISI men in Colombo, had planned to carry out terror attacks on foreign missions in South India.
Police have collected some photographs of vital installations and counterfeit currency from Zakir Hussain.
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First Published: May 27 2014 | 11:59 PM IST

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