Yasin Bhatkal, aide in ATS custody till Feb 18

Updated On: 07 February, 2014 07:51 AM IST | | Vinay Dalvi

<p>Officials believe Bhatkal can provide them with confidential details about IM’s modus operandi and its next targets, so that alerts can be issued beforehand</p>

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Yasin Bhatkal, aide in ATS custody till Feb 18

The Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) yesterday got custody of Indian Mujahideen (IM) co-founder Yasin Bhatkal and his aide Asadullah Akhtar till February 18. The National Investigating Agency (NIA) had arrested Bhatkal in August 2013, along the Indo-Nepal border, following which he was taken into custody by the Delhi police for investigation.

Yasin Bhatkal and Asadullah Akhtar