Vizianagaram police yet to get custody of Siraj and Sameer
The Vizianagaram police are yet to get the custody of Siraj-Ur-Rehaman and Syed Sameer, who have been arrested a few days ago on charges of possessing explosive material and improvised explosive devices (IEDs).
The police have filed a petition in the court seeking their custody to continue with the investigation. It is learnt that the court is likely to give its nod to police custody late on Thursday night or Friday morning.
Both the accused have been booked under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA) and the Explosives Act. A court in Vizianagaram has sent them to the Visakhapatnam Central Jail on 14 days remand.
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) is also investigating the case. But, as per sources, the accused will be handed over to it after the local police complete their questioning.
Senior police officers have also informed that investigation is in progress from various angles, and the bank and social media accounts, and contacts of the accused are being looked into.
Siraj, a 29-year-old B.Tech (Mechanical) graduate, has allegedly been in touch with his handler, who operates from a country in the Middle East, for the last one year through various social media accounts. He is accused of developing IEDs with the guidance of his handler and planning to use them on soft targets and RSS cadres.
Siraj has been under the scanner of the Intelligence agencies since the last one year.
According to a senior police officer, the investigating officers are probing from all angles such as who is the handler and whether there is a connection with the terror groups such as the LeT, JeM, or ISIS.
Though there have been reports in the media that Siraj visited a country in the Middle East three times in the last one year, his passport does not mention any such details.
As per the police, the money in Siraj's bank account belongs to him as it has been given by his family members. He has the habit of buying bonds and redeeming them.
'But we are not leaving any loose ends and probing from all angles,' says Additional SP, Vizianagaram, Soumya Latha.
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