Jailed Indian Mujahideen (IM) co-founder Mohammed Ahmed Siddibapa alias Yasin Bhatkal, an accused in the February 2013 Dilsukhnagar twin blasts here, has alleged he is facing threat to his life from police and sought round-the-clock surveillance.


In a petition filed before the Special Court for NIA cases, Bhatkal and other accused, lodged in the Cherlapalli Central Prison in Hyderabad, sought a direction to the jail authorities to install CCTV cameras in the high-security cell to maintain round-the-clock surveillance on them.


"Almost all of the jail premises is equipped with CCTV cameras except the high-security cell in which we are lodged. CCTV cameras were not installed intentionally by the jail authorities to facilitate in creating false, fabricated and imaginary stories," Bhatkal alleged.


The petitioners "apprehend great and immediate threat to their lives from the jail authorities and escort people, who are working under the direct influence and control of NIA," Bhatkal's counsel Shaik Saifullah Khaled said. He said the matter will come up before the court tomorrow when charges against the accused are expected to be framed.