FAMILIES IN DARK
Mateen Hafeez TNN
Mumbai: The anti-terrorism squad (ATS), probing the 13/7 serial bomb blast cases, booked the two engineering students from Bihar and their friend, Naseem Shahejahan, for procuring more than 10 SIM cards on forged documents. These youngsters have been remanded in police custody till January 10.
The police booked Shahejahan (20), Qamar-e-Aalam Shaikh and Abdul Wahab. They were first picked up along with their two roommates, Tanveer Aalam and Mohammed Ashraf. Tanveer and Wahabwereinterrogated at Kharar police station in Mohali by an ATS inspector, Kedar Pawar. Another team picked up Shahejahan from Bihar.
Wahab’s brother, Aaftab Alam, told TOI, “I had been searching for my brother and finally found him at ATS’s Kalachowkie unit. The police did not tell us the details of the case Wahab has been booked in.” According to Alam, the ATS also suggested that they not to inform the media as it may “defame” the family.
NoATS officer waswilling to comment on the case. “I did not pickthem up,”saidPawar. Alam further said that the police have told them that Wahab will be produced before the court on January 10. Shaikh’s father, Shakir Hussain, is still hunting for his son. “I went to Mazgaon court
on Thursday to find if the police had produced my son before the court so that I could talktohim andfindoutthedetails why he had been detained. However, I came back empty-handed,” said Hussain. Shaikh was studying in Mumbai but could not afford the fees. “I sent him to a college in Mohali and paid Rs 85,000,” said Hussain.
The ATS is yet to make a breakthroughin the13/7serial blast cases.
The Times of India, January 6, 2012
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