DUE PROCESS OF LAW: Mirza Himayat Inayat Baig, arrested from a bus stand in the city, is brought to a court yesterday.Pic/Nikhil Ghorpade
The German Bakery blast case was yesterday declared solved by ATS chief Rakesh Maria in Mumbai. The ATS arrested two people on charges of carrying out the blast that ripped through the bakery on February 13,claiming the lives of 17 people and injuring 56.
One of the arrested men, Mirza Himayat Inayat Baig alias Inayat Mirza alias Yusuf (29), the alleged state chiefof the Lashkar-e-Taiba, was produced yesterday afternoon in court amid tight security; the Pune Bar Council unanimously decided not to fight the case for the accused.
Baig's face was veiled and he sought permission to sit down during the court proceedings.He was produced in the Anti-Corruption Court before JMFC S S Bose and was remanded in police custody till September 20. u00a0 While Baig was arrested in the city, his alleged aide Shaikh Lalbaba Mohammed Hussain alias Bilal was caught at Subash Chandra Bose Marg in Nashik.
Investigative officer ACP Vinod Satav produced Baig before JMFC S S Bose.Public prosecutor A V Ausekar argued before the court that Baig had confessed to having hatched the plot along with Mohsin Chaudhari and Ahmed Siddibappa alias Yasin Bhatkal, so thorough investigation was needed to trace the two accomplices of his.
Advocate Ausekar said Baig's custody was also needed to find out from where he had procured the explosives used in the blast.He said considering the nature of the offense, the suspect's custody was needed to find whether his accomplices were working in other states.
The court upheld the public prosecutor's arguments and remanded Baig in police custody.
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