Delhi blasts chargesheet: 13 Indian Mujahideen terrorists absconding

Thirteen suspected Indian Mujahideen (IM) terrorists involved in the September 13 serial blasts in the Capital are still at large, the Delhi Police told a city court.

The police said out of the 26 alleged IM terrorists 13 are still out of the reach of the investigators against whom non-bailable warrants (NBW) have been secured besides declaring a prize of Rs one lakh each on their head.

The Special Cell which filed the chargesheet against the five arrested IM terrorists before Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Kaveri Baweja in connection with the Karol Bagh blasts also named 21 persons as conspirators and executors of the synchronised blasts.

The 76-page chargesheet in connection with Karol Bagh blast was filed before Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Kaveri Baweja against Mohd Shakeel, Zia-ur-Rehman, Saquib Nissar, Mohd Saif and Zeeshan.

The police said investigation into the case revealed that there were 22 persons involved in carrying out the blast at Karol Bagh.

Two of those involved in the blast were killed by the police in the encounter at Jamia Nagar in south Delhi and 12 are still at large, the police said adding that one accused Mohad Mansoor Perebhoy is in the custody of Mumbai Police.

The police told the court that it would file supplementary chargesheet against two accused -- Sadique Sheikh and Quamuddin -- who were arrested two days after the serial blasts.

Accused Mohd Saif and Zeeshan were arrested by the Delhi Police's Special Cell on September 19 following the Batla House encounter.

The encounter in south Delhi's Jamia Nagar area had claimed life of Inspector M C Sharma.

The police had also killed Atif Ameen, alleged leader of the Indian Mujahideen, and another suspect Mohd Sajid in the gun battle.

Three other accused -- Mohd Shakeel, Zia-ur-Rehman and Saquib Nissar -- who allegedly belong to the same module were arrested a day after the encounter on September 20 from Shaheen Bagh locality here.

Two others -- Sadiq Sheikh, an alleged co-founder of Indian Mujahideen, who was arrested in Mumbai, and Quamuddin, arrested in Ujjain -- were also made accused in the case.

The police had recovered a laptop, a 9 mm pistol and AK-47 rifle from L-18 flat at Batla House.

They mentioned clippings of the 2002 Gujarat Riots allegedly found from the laptop belonging to Atif among others as evidence against the accused.

All the accused are natives of Azamgarh district in Uttar Pradesh.

The Mumbai Police which had interrogated Sheikh had said that he had gone to Pakistan in 2004 and received nine months' training in handling arms and explosives in camps organised by Lashkar-e-Taiba.

Suspected IM activist Quaumuddin was brought here on November 23 from Madhya Pradesh in connection with the serial blasts.