Maharashtra ATS to quiz Shahzad in Delhi about Pune blast
Shahzad (21) has provided information about the sleeper cells of the Indian Mujahideen (IM) active in Maharashtra, particularly in Pune, police sources said.
A team of Maharashtra Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS), probing the Pune blast, will question in Delhi suspected the Indian Mujahideen (IM) terrorist Shahzad, arrested in connection with the 2008 serial blasts in the national capital.Shahzad (21) has provided information about the sleeper cells of the terror outfit active in Maharashtra, particularly in Pune, police sources said.Investigators are probing possible links of IM in the Pune blast on Saturday that has left nine people dead, including two foreigners.A list of suspects, who could have been directly or indirectly involved in the blast, has been prepared, the sources said. Shahzad, who is in the custody of Delhi Police's Special Cell in connection with the Delhi blasts, had reportedly told police that an IM terror module is active in Pune.Shahzad was arrested on February 1 by UP ATS from Azamgarh district. Shahzad was evading police since the Batla House encounter in Delhi in September 2008. He had fled to Mumbai soon after the encounter.