Yasin Bhatkal played key role Chinnaswamy Stadium blasts during IPL
According to reports, sources who have been involved in the questioning of Yasin since his arrest on August 28 revealed that he accepted being present at the scenes of the Chinnaswamy Stadium blasts, the German Bakery blast of February 13, 2010, and the Mumbai blasts of July 13, 2011.
"It
may
have
to
do
with
the
fact
that
he
knows
that
many
of
his
associates
involved
in
the
stadium
blasts
case
have
been
arrested
so
he
admitted
his
involvement
in
the
offence,"
a
police
official
who
interrogated
Yasin
last
week
said.
But
then,
Yasin
also
claimed
he
was
not
present
at
the
site
of
the
Pune
blasts
of
August
12,
2012
and
the
February
21,
2013
blasts
in
Hyderabad.
The stadium case was almost solved after the arrest of five IM operatives in New Delhi in November 2011, namely, Riyaz Bhatkal, Iqbal Bhatkal and Mohsin Chaudhry - the other top line leaders of the IM.
Sources said Yasin had been forthcoming with respect to his involvement in the cases and even told Gujarat officials that the state police were responsible for his actions. He claimed to have lost all connections to his family in Bhatkal since 2005.
Yasin was present at the scenes of Stadium and German bakery blasts
Yasin claimed he does not know the source of the explosives used in the bombs. "There is a lot of information that he is hiding with respect to associates and sources of supply of materials. His communication with associates was largely through online forums like chats. The chat logs need to be analysed for information he may be withholding," a source said.
This IM operative Yasin Bhatkal was arrested on August 28 from Gorakpur in eastern Uttar Pradesh near the Indo-Nepal border, in an operation carried out by the NIA.
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