The judicial remand of 14 accused SIMI activists has been accepted by the Court of Judicial Magistrate First Class (JMFC) till January 17, informed Additional Superintendent of Police (City) Pankaj Chandra on Friday.
In what police claimed as a major success for the Department, 17 people including an operative of the terror outfit Indian Mujahideen (IM) Dheeraj Sao was arrested in connection with SIMI network exposure case in Raipur . The arrested also include the mastermind of Bodh Gaya temple complex blast Umer Siddiqui who is presently under the custody of National Investigation Agency (NIA) along with Azaruddin. Umer and his group had planned to kill the BJP's prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi. However, due to tight security arrangements they failed in their design.
The 14 SIMI activists arrested so far are Abdul Wahid (75), Roshan alias Javed (35), Abdul Aziz (45), Azizullah (38), Hayat Khan (45), Moinuddin (37), Sheikh Habibullah (34), Dawood Barri Khan alias Babloo (38), Mohammed Aslam latif Khan (28), Sheikh Subhan Usman (48), Mohammed Azharuddin (19), Mohammed Syed (50), Ammar Bin Wahid (19) and Salim Ahmed (43).
It may be also mentioned that Dheeraj Sao, a road side eatery vendor who ran a kiosk in Transport Nagar area was held for having links with terrorist organization Indian Mujahideen. The 22-year-old was nabbed by Chhattisgarh unit of Anti-Terrorist Squad (ATS). According to police sources Sao used to work for funding of IM and had links in Pakistan.