Nashik, September 14: A local court today extended the police custody of alleged LeT operative Shaikh Lalbaba Mohammed Hussain alias Bilal, nabbed by Maharashtra Anti-Terrorism Squad here last week.
The 27-year-old was arrested for allegedly preparing to carry out terror attacks in Maharashtra. He was today produced before Chief Judicial Magistrate K D Boche on expiry of his ATS custody. His police custody was extended till September 20.
The ATS officials sought the custody extension stating that additional 700 grams of RDX was recovered from him during the probe and they wanted to interrogate him more over his stay in Pakistan and Bangladesh, said Public Prosecutor Ajay Misar.
According to ATS, Bilal had visited LeT camps in Pakistan between January 2008 and early 2010 where he received advanced training in use of sophisticated weapons and making bombs.
–Agencies