The house of the retired DSP Imran Hasan, the place where Tahseen Akhtar, Imtiaaz Ansari, and Mujibul Ansari allegedly met, was found to be locked on Thursday. Hasan said to be staying with his family at his Doranda house were not found there.
DSP Hasan has been issued notice asking how he knew these three suspected IM operatives. The notice however, was handed over to Hasan’s nephew staying nearby as he was unavailable. Jharkhand Police is waiting for any instruction by the NIA as Hasan was working with the Bihar Police. “It was found during the interrogation of NIA that there is some kind of link between the retired DSP and the arrested persons but it is not yet clear where the link will lead to,” said ADG (l&O) and Jharkhand Police Spokesperson SN Pradhan.
According to Pradhan, the DSP was posted in Bihar who finally settled in Ranchi after his retirement. What exactly was his involvement and at what level will be found by the NIA which is probing the case,” added Pradhan. He said Jharkhand Police have not been directly asked for any assistance in this connection from the NIA.
Meanwhile, Bihar police in Dhanbad, searched the rented house of Gopal Goyal, accused of funding to the IM operatives, in presence of magistrate Anurag Tiwari. Goyal, who has been living in the house for the last two years, was arrested by the NIA in lakhisarai.
The team seized some bank related documents and some mobile boxes. The team also recovered documents related to the withdrawal of Rs 8 lakh from an account holder Ashok Gupta. The keys of his house, which was sealed on Wednesday, were later handed over to Goyal’s house owner. A NIA team is camping in Ranchi probing Jharkhand connection of Patna blast which took place on October 27.