Unable to get 26/11 handler Jundal’s custody: NIA to court

NEW DELHI, July 6:
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) today told a Delhi court that it has been unable to get the custody of 26/11 key handler Abu Jundal, whom it wanted to interrogate for unearthing the conspiracy hatched by Lashkar-e -Toiba for terror strikes across India.
The agency informed Special NIA Judge H S Sharma that it could not manage to secure the accused’ custody which was given to Delhi Police’s Special Cell for further 15 days yesterday by Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Vinod Yadav
The NIA told the judge that it will seek the custody of Jundal alias Syed Zabiuddin from CMM on July 20 when the police remand of the terrorist comes to an end with the Delhi Police.
The NIA court had issued production warrant against Jundal in a case lodged on June 8 by the agency against him and other LeT members on the orders of the Ministry of Home Affairs about the alleged conspiracy hatched by them for waging war against India. (PTI)