New Delhi: One of India’s most-wanted men, Yasin Bhatkal, was arrested by the Special Task in Nepal today.
Bhatkal is wanted in bomb blasts in India including the blast outside the Delhi High Court on September 7, 2011 in which 12 people were killed.
He is the founder leader of terrorist organization IM. He is listed on the NIA Most Wanted list.
Earlier, the man responsible for hundreds of deaths in India had slipped through India’s hands in 2008 just because the Kolkata Police had no relevant details about Bhatkal.
30-year-old Yasin, one of India’s most wanted terrorists, was picked up by security agencies along with another IM leader Akhtar, official sources said. Yasin is being brought to Delhi.
Yasin, also known as Mohammed Ahmed Siddhibappa, along with three aides Tahaseen Akhtar Wasim Aktar Shaikh (23), Asadulla Akhtar Javed Akhtar (26) and Waqas alias Ahmed (26) were allegedly behind three coordinated bomb explosions at Opera House, Zaveri Zazaar and Dadar West in Mumbai on July 13, 2011, leaving 27 dead and 130 injured.
The IM leader is wanted in a string of terror attacks in Ahmedabad, Surat, Bangalore, Delhi and Hyderabad.
In February this year, the Maharashtra Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) had announced a reward of Rs 10 lakh each to anyone giving information on Yasin and the three aides.
Except Tahaseen, who planted a bomb in the Dadar blast, the rest three were also involved in the four co-ordinated low-intensity explosions, which struck the busy arterial road in the heart of Pune city on August 1, 2012. Eight accused had been arrested in this connection.
In December 2011, Delhi police had also announced a reward of Rs 15 lakh for any information leading to the arrest of Yasin in several terror cases, including three in Delhi.
While Yasin hails from Bhatkal in Karnataka, Tahaseen is from Samastipur in Bihar while Asadullah is from Azamgarh in Uttar Pradesh.