The mysterious death of Quatil Siddiqui, suspected to be a terrorist of banned Indian Mujahideen, has returned to haunt the elite Anti-Terror Squad of Maharashtra Police with Bombay High Court deciding to take up a petition of his family seeking an impartial probe by a central agency or a court-appointed Special Investigating Team.
Sidqiqui was arrested by Delhi Police's special cell and chargesheeted for various terror-related crimes including for his alleged role in the 2010 German Bakery blast.
Maharashtra ATS took him into its custody on May two, 2012 after he was accused of having planted a bomb at Dagdu Seth Halwai Ganesh Temple in Pune on February 13,2010, the day bomb blast outside the bakery killed 17 people including foreigners.
He was killed by two inmates in high-security Yerwada Prison on June eight last year.
His family has moved the Bombay High Court that will take up the petition tomorrow.
"Prima facie the motive to kill Siddiqui lay with Maharashtra ATS as he was allegedly negating their theory that Himayat Baig (sentenced to death by Pune court in the German Bakery blast) was involved in the crime," says lawyer Mehmood Parcha who represents Siddiqui's family.
"We want a probe by a central agency like the CBI or NIA or a court-appointed SIT to probe the circumstances into the case," he said.
While seeking a probe, the petition said the Delhi Police Special Cell kept Siddiqui in its remand continuously for almost three months claiming that he was involved in various crimes.
