Yasin Bhatkal, one of the suspects of twin bomb blasts in Hyderabad earlier this year and alleged founder of Indian Mujahideen was remanded to judicial custody till October 17 and lodged at Cherlapally Central Jail.
Yasin was produced in the first additional metropolitan and sessions court by the National Investigation Agency on Monday under a heavy security cover. When asked by the judge, the suspect told the court that his name was Yasin and he was a native of Bhatkal in Karnataka. He also replied in affirmative when asked whether he was treated well by the police.
Yasin, who was caught along with another accomplice Asadullah Akhtar alias Tabrez in Nepal on August 28, was brought to Hyderabad on Sunday by a special plane. NIA and local police officials questioned him at an undisclosed location over night. According to the sources, Bhatkal admitted his role in the blast and gave a detail account of how the bombs were made and planted in Dilsukhnagar.
Sources said that Bhatkal provided information about their hideout in Bahadurpura area which they had taken on rent and also revealed the names of some of their local contacts. Yasin and Tabrez were arrested in Nepal on August 28 and their role in various bomb blasts across the country was being probed.