According to the sources, Waqas, who was arrested outside Ajmer Railway Station on March 22, was brought to the national capital by Special Cell of Delhi Police. He was produced on the same day before a concerned judge here who remanded him to custody till April 2.
Similarly, his three associates -- Mohammad Mahruf (21), Mohammad Waqar Azhar alias Haneef (21), both residents of Jaipur, and Shaquib Ansari alias Khalid (25), a resident of Jodhpur, were arrested by the police yesterday and brought to Delhi.
With the arrest of these four accused from Rajasthan, the special cell claimed that they have averted a "spectacular terror attack" during the upcoming elections.
Waqas was wanted in connection with several bomb blasts in the country and is considered to be a close aide of IM co-founder Yasin Bhatkal, who was arrested by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) last year along with suspected terrorist Asadullah Akhtar.
In its charge sheet filed against Bhatkal, Akhtar and two other suspected members of the banned terror outfit, NIA had said that members of Rajasthan module were "highly motivated" to carry out terrorist activities in the country.
It had also said that members of the outfit's Rajasthan module were in regular contact with Riyaz Bhatkal, a top IM operative who is based in Pakistan.
"Investigation has also established the emergence of a new module of IM operatives in Rajasthan, the members of which were in regular contact with Riyaz Bhatkal and were highly motivated to carry out terrorist attacks," the NIA had said.