Two suspected LeT operatives in police custody till Aug 9

Mumbai, July 28 (UNI) A local court today remanded suspected LeT head of Western India - Faizal Sheikh and his brother Muzzamil - to police custody till August nine, for their alleged role in the July 11 serial train blasts.

Both the accused, who were initially detained by crime branch, were sent to the custody of Anti-Terrorist Squad (ATS), which is probing the seven serial blasts here that claimed 200 lives and left over 700 others injured.

While moving a remand application, ATS officials said Faizal was the head of Lashkar-e-Taiba operative for Western region of the country and was allegedly involved in raising funds for the terrorist outfit and sending youth to Pakistan for weapons' and bomb-manufacturing training.

The officials prayed for custodial interrogation of both the accused for further probe.

Metropolitan Magistrate A M Garde remanded them to police custody till August nine.

Police suspect that the electronic gadgets shop owned by the two at Mira Road in the neighbouring Thane district was just to show whitecollar income. Faizal allegedly used the 'hawala' mode to acquire funds from Pakistan and West Asia.

It had also came into light that Muzzamil had allegedly procured a bogus software engineer certificate from Aurangabad, which the police is investigating.

ATS has so far arrested eight suspected LeT operatives in connection with the serial blasts.

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