Mumbai: The two terror suspects arrested from Jalgaon had kept tabs on
several people who they felt spoke against Hindu religion or made films
depicting the religion in poor light, the state anti-terrorism squad
(ATS), probing the Nalasopara arms haul case, informed the holiday court
on Sunday.
While seeking custody of Liladhar Lodhi (32) and
Vasudev Suryavanshi (29), the police informed the court that they had
seized three bombs from them and they wanted to interrogate them to find
out the terror conspiracy plot and who were on their target list. The
police, however, did not name the persons who Lodhi and Suryavanshi kept
tabs on. The holiday court remanded the duo in police custody till
September 17.
Earlier, the ATS had arrested five men in the arms
haul case. Four of them, including gau rakshak Vaibhav Raut, are in
judicial custody, and one has been taken into custody by the CBI for his
role in rationalist Narendra Dabholkar’s murder case. While going
through the police case diaries, the court had observed that Dabholkar’s
daughter Mukta, NCP MLA Jitendra Ahwad and activist Shyam Manv were on
the hit list of these five terror suspects.
Besides three bombs, the ATS had seized some
explosives, mobile phones, four pen drives and number plates of two
vehicles from Lodhi’s house and a DVD, three pocket diaries, mobile
phones and a pen drive from Suryavanshi’s residence. They are probing if
the number plates were used in any crimes earlier. A sniffer dog from
the bomb detection and disposal squad helped detect the explosives at
Lodhi’s home. “The explosives and bombs have been sent for chemical
analysis,” said an ATS officer, adding that they suspect that the duo
may have hidden more bombs.
The police told the court they also want to probe
if Lodhi and Suryavanshi were planning any terror activity in Nashik or
Jalgaon. Sanjeev Punalekar, the defence lawyer, pointed out that his
clients were in ATS custody since three days and this should be
considered by the court while deciding on the number of days for police
custody. But the police argued that they wanted to establish where the
duo got the explosives from. “It’s a big conspiracy...We are getting
several names and verifying the details to establish if they have any
role to play in this terror conspiracy plot,” said an ATS officer.
The Times of India, September 10, 2018
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