Terror case: Maha ATS recovers mobile phone damaged by accused held from Mumbra

The Maharashtra AntiTerrorism Squad ATS recovered a broken mobile phone from a drain and some suspicious documents from the Mumbra residence of a 40yearold man who was arrested in connection with the Pakistansupported terror module busted by the Delhi Police recently an official said on MondayThe ATS on Sunday recovered the mobile phone broken in three pieces from the gutter near the residence of Rizwan Ibrahim Momin 40 in Mumbra in Thane district and some suspicious documents after his arrest he saidAs per the preliminary investigation the mobile phone was given to Momin by Zakir Hussain Sheikh 45 an accused who was arrested by the ATS from suburban Jogeshwari in Mumbai on Saturday in connection with the same terror module case the official said adding that the ATS had issued a lookout circular against Sheikh on FridayHe said Momin broke the mobile phone into three pieces and dumped them in the gutter We are investigating his motive he addedThe official said the ATS on Friday registered a case against one Anthony alias Anwar alias Anas who is based outside India and Zakir SheikhAlso read Maharashtra ATS detains 7th terror suspect from MumbaiHe said Sheikh was receiving directions from Anthony alias Anwar alias AnasThe Delhi Polices Special Cell on Tuesday busted a terror module with the arrest of six men including two terrorists trained by Pakistans intelligence agency ISIThe module was allegedly planning to carry out blasts across the countryJan Mohammad Shaikh one of the six suspects is a resident of Dharavi in MumbaiThe ATS had told the court that Zakir Sheikh was picked up on suspicion The ATS said they had received sourcebased information that the accused could be involved in terror activities and gathering people and explosivesZakir Sheikh whose name cropped up during the interrogation of arrested suspects was in touch with Jan Mohammed Shaikh sources earlier saidA separate FIR under the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act was registered against Zakir Sheikh in MumbaiThe ATS told a Mumbai court on Saturday that Zakir Sheikh was arrested in connection with a criminal conspiracy to carry out terror attacks using explosives in Maharashtra and elsewhereHe was in touch with one Anthony from a neighbouring country and the ATS wanted to find out who was this person and what was his role in the conspiracy it had saidThe court on Saturday sent Zakir Sheikh in the ATS custody till September 20This story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever