Court rejects Maulana Bail plea

Mumbai, Nov 10 (UNI) Additional Sessions Judge P D Mahatre today rejected the bail plea of Maulana Ghulam Mohammed Yahya Baksh arrested on January this year in his suspected link with Lashkar-e-Toiba (LET).

Maulana had approached the court for bail mainly on the medical grounds in which the court had directed the jail authorities to provide him proper medical treatment to his ailment.

Anti-terrorist squad of the Mumbai police had arrested the 44-year-old Maulana of the prestigious Haj House here for suspected links with the LeT 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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