Alleged Indian Mujahideen (IM) operative Afzal Usmani, who had escaped from custody in a Mumbai court last month, has been re-arrested, Mumbai Anti-terror Squad sources said on Monday.
On
September 20, Usmani, who is also an accused in the 2008 Ahmedabad and
Surat blasts, managed to escape from the high-security Mumbai Sessions
Court premises.
Police said Usmani and eight others
had been brought to the Mumbai Sessions Court on September 20 afternoon
and produced before the special Mcoca (Maharashtra Control of Organised
Crime Act) court which was scheduled to frame charges in a case
pertaining to the emails the Indian Mujahideen sent minutes before the
Lucknow, Jaipur and Surat blasts. As all the accused were not present,
the court scheduled the hearing for 3 p.m. and asked prosecution to
produce all the accused.
“The eight accused were
escorted by 10 policemen of the Navi Mumbai police. The accused were not
handcuffed inside the court premises, as is the norm. Taking advantage
of the crowd in the corridor, he (Usmani) vanished,” Navi Mumbai Police
Commissioner A.K. Sharma told The Hindu.
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