One of the key questions that the Intelligence Bureau officials asked Yasin Bhatkal was about the whereabouts of his neighbours and friends -- Riyaz and Iqbal Bhatkal -- the founders of the Indian Mujahideen.
The bomb had exploded atop a bus stop in Dadar. The main objective of Bhatkal behind hatching the conspiracy and planting the bomb was to trigger communal conflagration in Mumbai, IM member Nadeem Sheikh said in his 25-page confession.
National Investigation Agency brought Dilsukhnagar bomb blast suspect and Indian Mujahideen co-founder Yasin Bhatkal to Hyderabad on a transit warrant on Sunday.
Experts believe the 300-page chargesheet on Indian Mujahideen operative Yasin Bhatkal a pack of lies with many believing that he misled the investigators on various occasions.
Malik had earlier pleaded guilty to all the charges including those under the stringent Unlawful Activities Prevention Act in a terror funding case.
A major fire broke out inside the industrial area of Dombivli in Thane after a boiler exploded at the plant of a chemical company.
After the setback of their arrest of their chief Yasin Bhatkal, top Indian Mujahideen operatives are now looking for his replacement.
A dossier on the terrorist, who regrouped the Indian Mujahideen, reveals that investigators have announced a bounty of Rs 15 lakh on any informationon him, Vicky Nanjappa reports
The Indian Navy rescued the hijacked Iranian fishing vessel 'Al-Kambar 786' and its crew after more than 12 hours of intense coercive tactical measures as part of an anti-piracy operation on March 29.
Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front chairman Yasin Malik was on Sunday detained at Srinagar airport soon after his arrival from Delhi and "escorted to his home".
The agencies interrogating Indian Mujahideen commander Yasin Bhatkal find him tough to deal with. At first he tried to wriggle out of an arrest but later seemed determined to take on the investigators.
He said that even the security of the Supreme Court would have been put to a serious risk if any untoward incident were to happen.
Jammu Kashmir Liberation Front Chairman Mohammad Yasin Malik and 15 activists were detained as the separatist group tried to take out a march here to protest the killing of a youth by Army in Bandipora district of north Kashmir on Tuesday.
'An entire operation was running systematically prior to the revoking of Article 370.'
The arrest of Yasin Bhatkal comes as a huge relief to the Bihar police, who expect to now crackdown down on active terror units in the state, reports Vicky Nanjappa.
In a breather for the Maharashtra ATS, arrested Yasin Bhatkal has confirmed to his interrogators that Gujaratis travelling in first class compartments of Mumbai locals were the target of 2006 train bombings as the IM wanted to avenge the 2002 Gujarat riots. Vicky Nanjappa reports.
The former easily beat Qatar's Mohsin Aziz while Alok Kumar accounted for Chan Hon Kwon of Hong Kong in the pre-quarter-finals of the Asian Snooker Championships.
Second seed Alok Kumar of India overturned a 1-3 deficit to beat Pakistan's Mohd Yousuf 4-3 and enter the round of 16 in the 23rd Asian Snooker Championship.
Jammu Kashmir Liberation Front chief Yasin Malik's passport is likely to be revoked by the government after he shared the stage with Mumbai terror attack mastermind Hafiz Saeed in Pakistan while protesting against Afzal Guru's execution.
It seems that like in the late 1980s, Pakistan feels that its support to the IM is giving diminishing returns and they have decided to jettison them. It is not unlikely that an American nudge and pressure to do this has been a significant factor in all these happenings, says Colonel (retd) Anil Athale
Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front leader Yasin Malik, who is under attack for meeting terror outfit Lashker-e-Tayiba chief Hafeez Saeed in Pakistan, returned to India on Saturday amid protests by Shiv Sena activists at the airport in New Delhi.
Yasin Bhatkal, one of India's most dreaded terrorists, has been detained at the Indo-Nepal border.
Gauba said the JKLF spearheaded the separatist ideology in Kashmir Valley and the action was taken following the 'zero tolerance' policy of the central government against terrorism.
Pakistan's spy agency Inter Services Intelligence had drawn up a plan to target Buddhist religious sites in India to avenge the alleged atrocities against the Rohingya Muslim community in Myanmar.
Separatist JKLF Chairman Mohammad Yasin Malik has said that it was very unfortunate that Parliament attack convict Afzal Guru's mercy petition was dismissed and he was hanged in secrecy.
The former National Snooker champion won the Indian Cue Masters League 2005 on Sunday.
The Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front chief, who was shifted to Tihar jail under police protection, was taken into preventive custody in February by the Jammu and Kashmir police and shifted to Jammu's Kot Balwal jail.
Besides Bhatkal, the others convicted were Asadullah Akthar of Uttar Pradesh, Zia-ur-Rahman alias Waqas of Pakistan, Tahseen Akhthar of Bihar and Aizaz Shaik of Maharashtra. All of them are in judicial custody.
Alok Kumar beat Thailand's Issara Kachaiwong while Yasin Merchant scored over Imran Shahzad of Pakistan in the pre-quarter-finals of the Asian Snooker Championship.
The Maharashtra Anti-Terrorism Squad has arrested a close associate of Indian Mujahideen's elusive chief operative Yasin Bhatkal in connection with the 13/7 serial bomb blasts case, taking the total number of arrests to five.
The chairman of Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front Yasin Malik and his seven aides were on Thursday detained by police at Banihal while they were going to tension gripped Rajouri town.
Yasin Bhatkal was 22 when he had his first tryst with terror. The same is the case of his boss Riyaz Bhatkal too. What motivates these operatives? Is it money or ideology?
The news about the arrest of Ahmed Siddibappa, better known as Indian Mujahideen chief Yasin Bhatkal. has come as a relief to his father Zara Siddibappa.
Jammu Kashmir Liberation Front chairman Yasin Malik and his associate Shoukat Bakshi were arrested on Thursday for allegedly ransacking a police station in Maisuma area in Srinagar, and attacking personnel.
Pro-independence Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front chairman Yasin Malik was detained on Friday evening along with other activists while they were carrying out a torchlight procession to protest against 'the killings and arrests in Kashmir.'
The police arrested Kashmiri separatist leader Yasin Malik, who led a protest march in Srinagar, on Friday.
The JKLF chief had been accused of receiving funds from Pakistan for promoting terrorist activities in Jammu and Kashmir.
The Jammu Kashmir Liberation Front leader was to begin his 48-hour-long hunger strike on Friday but police had denied permission for the protest at Jantar Mantar.
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