Maulana Bail plea order reserved till tomorrow

Mumbai, June 16 (UNI) A local court today reserved its order till tomorrow on the bail plea of Maulana Ghulam Mohammed Yahya Baksh, arrested in January this year by the Anti-Terrorist Squad (ATS).

The ATS of the Mumbai police had arrested the 44-year-old cleric of the prestigious Haj House here for suspected links with the Lashkar-e-Toiba on January 14 this year.

Baksh is the fourth suspected LeT member arrested from Mumbai since a crackdown began after a suspected Lashkar gunman sprayed bullets at a gathering of scientists in Bangalore.

Earlier the ATS had arrested three LeT men from Nagpada area of the city on January 6. The ATS believes the Maulana could lead the police to other modules as he was the key ''contact man'' for LeT and the financer for them.

Baksh has been booked under sections 16 (conniving), 18 (conspiring) and 19 (harbouring terrorists) of the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (UAPA).

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