Toral Varia Deshpande brings you the details of how rivalry between India's two of the most recognised agencies, the Maharashtra Anti Terrorism Squad and the Special Cell of Delhi Police, has cost India one it's most wanted terrorist and 13/7 Mumbai serial blasts mastermind -- Yasin Ahmad Siddibappa alias Yasin Bhatkal.
Indian Mujahideen co-founder Yasin Bhatkal's close aide Mohd Manjer Imam was on Tuesday arrested in a fresh case by the National Investigation Agency inside a Delhi court in connection with terror strikes across the country since 2003 and remanded to 15-day police custody.
The charge-sheet against Yasin Bhatkal reveals many shocking facts about the dark deeds of the Indian Mujahideen, says Vicky Nanjappa
Intelligence agencies probing Sunday's serial blasts in Patna believe that with the arrest of Yasin Bhatkal in August, Tehsin Akthar from Bihar is the new leader of the terrorist organisation, reports Vicky Nanjappa.
Who calls the shots in the Indian Mujahideen after the arrest of its key operative Yasin Bhatkal? Vicky Nanjappa finds out
A slip up by the Maharashtra Anti Terrorist Squad a year ago has proved to be a costly error for India's security establishment. The primary suspects behind Thursday's Hyderabad blasts -- Indian Mujahideen founder Yasin Bhatkal and operatives Tabrez and Waqas -- were staying under one roof in Mumbai. However, just minutes before the police could nab them they managed to slip out.
Yasin Bhatkal is a prized catch, no doubt. What he tells is going to shape the understanding of how the Indian Mujahideen operated, and how far and well its network was spread. But, perhaps the cat was let out of the bag too soon, says Mahesh Vijapurkar.
Samjawadi Party leader Kamaal Farooqi on Friday kicked up a controversy over the arrest of Indian Mujahideen co-founder Yasin Bhatkal, asking whether it is based on the grounds of crime or religion.
Indian Mujahideen terrorist Yasin Bhatkal tells police officers of his early life and how he got involved in terrorism. Vicky Nanjappa reports
Asadullah Akhtar alias Tabrez, one of the prime suspects in the Hyderabad twin bomb blasts, was brought to the city on Thursday amid tight security.
The IM mastermind's account was created in 2012. Details will be sent to Pakistan to seek his extradition.
Indian Mujahideen co-founder Yasin Bhatkal and his close aide were sent to custody of the Delhi police for 15 days after a court allowed the plea of the probe agency to arrest them in a case lodged in 2011 for allegedly setting up an illegal arms factory.
The Maharashtra ATS on Monday arrested two alleged associates of top IM operative Yasin Bhatkal in connection with the 2011 serial blasts in the metropolis.
The road to becoming India's most dreaded terrorist has been a long one for Yasin Bhatkal.
Criminal jurisprudence is based on an interesting saying, "It is better that ten guilty persons escape than one innocent suffer." However, that does not seem to apply to the Maharashtra Anti Terrorist Squad. There are several instances to show that the agency has botched up its investigation, the latest being Pune Bakery blast main accused Himayat Baig.
Given the nature of his job, a terrorist heading an underground organisation usually grooms a successor who is prepared to take over in case of his boss's arrest or demise.
Everything you wanted to know about India's Most Wanted.
Indian Mujahideen co-founder Yasin Bhatkal's aide Fasih Mahmood, deported from Saudi Arabia in 2012 for his alleged involvement in terror acts, has been allegedly assaulted by a jail inmate inside the high security Tihar jail.
Initial investigations into the Bodh Gaya blasts of Sunday are pointing the finger of suspicion on the Indian Mujahideen
Top Indian Mujahideen operative Tehsin Akhtar alias Monu, one of the alleged masterminds of a string of terror attacks in India, was on Wednesday remanded to police custody till April 2 by a Delhi court.
Rediff.com's Vicky Nanjappa enumerates the 5 deadly modules created by the Indian Mujahideen and what their strengths and goals are
'You are dealing with a small gang of semi-literate terrorists. These are guys flying kites.' 'There is huge difference between flying kites and actually having a deliverable, executable, plan.'
While officials of the National Investigation Agency are finding it hard to extract any information from Yasin Bhatkal, the wily chief of terror outfit Indian Mujahideen, his aide Asaddulah Akthar is singing like a canary.
After facing opposition from within the BJP over his induction, Sabir Ali, a former JD-U leader, asks the party to put his conduction on hold
This was the motto of the Karachi project - a covert programme conceptualized by the Inter Services Intelligence in 2003 and kicked off by Indian Mujahideen terrorist Yasin Bhatkal five years later.
The Delhi police has filed its charge sheet in a local court against Indian Mujahideen (co-founder Yasin Bhatkal and his associate Asadullah Akhtar for allegedly setting up an illegal arms factory in New Delhi from where huge quantity of arms and ammunition were recovered.
A startling disclosure by arrested Indian Mujahideen co-founder Yasin Bhatkal -- that his outfit carried out a reconnaissance of nearly a dozen spots in Mumbai in August -- has prompted Maharashtra police to beef up security.
Delhi Police on New Delhi announced a Rs 15 lakh reward for anyone providing information on elusive Indian Mujahideen operative Yasin Bhatkal alias Imran, allegedly involved in a series of terror cases.
'We will continue to support Pakistan as we find no difference. They used to be Indians once upon a time, Yasin Bhatkal told his interrogators, even as Indian Mujahideen has largely transformed into a homegrown terror outfit with tacit support from across the border, reports Vicky Nanjappa.
The Delhi police claims Ejaz Sheikh handed over ammunition for the German Bakery blasts to Yasin Bhatkal. In reality, Shaikh never knew Bhatkal.
Under attack from the Bharatiya Janata Party over his "silence" on terrorist Yasin Bhatkal's arrest and role of the Bihar police, Chief Minister Nitish Kumar said the cops acted in a highly professional manner and it was not for politicians to comment on it.
The three alleged Indian Mujahideen terrorists arrested in the national capital on Thursday were planning an attack masterminded by Yasin Bhatkal, reports Vicky Nanjappa
According to sources in the National Investigation Agency, four persons planned and executed the twin blasts in Hyderabad on February 21, which claimed 16 lives. Vicky Nanjappa reports.
In a chilling revelation, Indian Mujahideen chief Yasin Bhatkal, who is currently in the custody of Delhi police, has told interrogators that the terror group was planning to use a small nuclear bomb while carrying out a devastating strike in the industrial city of Surat in Gujarat.
After the arrest of Yasin Bhatkal, Mirza Shahnawaz Baig has been strengthening the Azamgarh module to plan Indian Mujahideen's next move. Vicky Nanjappa reports
A Delhi court on Tuesday extended till September 17 the National Investigation Agency custody of Indian Mujahideen co-founder Yasin Bhatkal and his close associate Asadullah Akhtar after the agency claimed they were involved in a deep rooted conspiracy and had executed various blasts in India.
The Maharashtra Anti-Terrorism Squasd, probing the 13/7 blasts case, is on hunt for five more alleged Indian Mujahideen operatives suspected to have played key role in the terror attacks, besides the group's top operative Yasin Bhatkal and two planters, police said on Sunday.
Two days after twin blasts rocked Hyderabad, a team of the National Investigation Agency raided several places including villages in Bihar's Darbhanga and Samastipur districts in search of operatives of Indian Mujahideen, police officials said on Saturday.
Delhi Police on Thursday claimed to have cracked an Indian Mujahideen module with the arrest of three persons, who were suspected to be involved in the low-intensity blasts in Pune two months ago.
With the Maharashtra Anti Terrorism Squad naming Dubai-based Muzaffar Kola, an associate of jailed 1993 serial blasts accused Mustaffa Dossa, as a wanted accused in the 13/7 triple blasts case, the link between underworld and home grown-terror outfit Indian Mujahideen has surfaced
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