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Ajaz Shaikh was behind 2010 pune blast

He confessed receiving explosives in 2010 blasts & had handed them to Bhatkal

New Delhi: Interrogation of the arrested IM operative Ajaz Shaikh has revealed he was involved in previous acts of terror including the German Bakery blast of 2010 in Pune.

Sources said that he confessed to receiving the explosives in the 2010 blasts and had handed them over to Yasin Bhatkal for execution. Besides, the sources said, Shaikh was instrumental in handling hawala transactions for IM top guns the Bhatkal brothers, Mohsin Chaudhary, Tehsin Akhtar, alias Monu, and Asadullah Akhtar, alias Haddi.

Shaikh, well-versed with advanced computer applications, had sent chilling emails to media houses after the 2010 Jama Masjid and Varanasi bomb blasts, the police had learnt.

( Source : dc correspondent )
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