13/7 blasts: Bhatkal, Akhtar get judicial remand till March 13

February 28, 2014 19:05

A special MCOCA court today remanded till March 13 the Indian Muhahideen co-founder Yasin Bhatkal and his aide Asadullah Akhtar in judicial custody in connection with the July 13, 2011 Mumbai triple blasts case.

"The court has remanded Bhatkal and Akhtar to judicial custody till March 13 after we submitted to the court that the ATS intends to conduct their identification parade in jail," special public prosecutor Ujjwal Nikam said.

Accepting Nikam's plea, designated Judge Yatin D Shinde remanded the duo in judicial custody. Later, Nikam had also moved another application seeking not to lodge Bhatkal and Akhtar in the high security Arthur Road jail but to Thane jail.

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