Maharashtra: Terror suspect nabbed from Thane, sent to police custody

ATS is investigating the arrested suspect's role in the terror module which was busted a week earlier in Delhi by Delhi Police Special Cell.

Mumbai: A Mumbai court on Sunday (September 19) sent a terror suspect identified as Rizwan, who was arrested earlier today from Mumbra region in Thane, to police custody till Monday.

Rizwan was apprehended by Maharashtra Anti-Terrorism Squad earlier today from the Mumbra area of Thane district and produced before Mumbai`s Holiday Court. According to the ATS, Rizwan`s name had surfaced during the interrogation of Zakir Hussain Sheikh, who was apprehended by a joint team of Maharashtra ATS and Mumbai Police Crime Branch.

ATS is investigating his role in the terror module which was busted a week earlier in Delhi by Delhi Police Special Cell. As per sources in ATS, Rizwan allegedly played a role in the disappearance of a phone belonging to Jaan Mohammad, another terrorist part of the module. It has been alleged that Rizwan was aware of the plot of the Pakistan-backed terror module.