Hyderabad: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has filed its second chargesheet in the Dilsukhnagar twin blasts case which claimed 18 lives including that of an unborn child and injured 131. The chargesheet was filed against three top Indian Mujahideen (IM) operatives at a special court here on Tuesday.
The accused men are Mohammad Riyaz alias Riyaz Bhatkal alias Ismail Shahbandri alias Riyaz Ismail Shahbandri, Zia-ur-Rahman alias Waqas alias Javed alias Ahmed alias Nabeel Ahmed, a Pakistan national and Tahaseen Akhtar alias Monu alias Hassan alias Sameer.
The NIA alleged that it was conclusively established that the main operative of the module Riyaz Bhatkal, the accused number 1, taking shelter in a neighbouring country conspired along with Ahmed Siddappa alias Yasin Bhatkal, who too was hiding in another neighbouring country, and the other accused in India.
NIA said that Riyaz arranged the explosives and directed Asadullah Akhtar and Zia-ur-Rahman in Mangalore to receive the material. They took the explosives and the money sent by Riyaz.
The NIA alleged that Asadullah Akhtar and Waqas reached Hyderabad and joined Tahseen Akhthar. They prepared two IEDs, bought two bicycles, placed bombs and parked them at two separate places on February 21, 2013.
The first explosion occurred outside a roadside eatery named A1 Mirchi, next to the Anand Tiffin Centre and opposite the Konark movie hall, followed by the second one two minutes later near the Route 107 bus stand near Venkatadri theatre.
The NIA filed its first charge sheet in March 2014 naming Asadullah Akhthar alias Haddi and Mohammed Ahmad Siddappa alis Yasin Bhatkal. Later in May, Zia-ur-Rahman alias Waqas alias Javed alias Ahmed alias Nabeel Ahmed and Tahaseen Akhtar alias Monu alias Hassan alias Sameer were arrested. Riyaz Bhatkal is yet to be nabbed.
