NIA moves court seeking custody of 26/11 handler Abu Jundal

New Delhi, Jun 28: The National Investigation Agency (

) today moved a Delhi court for the custody of the alleged 26/11 handler

, who is currently being interrogated by the Special Cell of Delhi Police.

The NIA moved the court of Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Vinod Yadav for the custody of Jundal alias Sayed Zabiuddin in an FIR lodged on Jun 8, 2012 in a terrorism case here.

The NIA had registered the FIR against Jundal and one another person on the basis of a source information that they were in India and were amassing explosive substances like ammonium nitrate for carrying out blasts in the country.

The agency submitted to the court an order issued this morning by a designated NIA court, which said Jundal's custody be handed over to it for interrogation.

It sought direction from the court for his production before the designated NIA court on Jul 6.

The CMM has put up the application for hearing on Jul 4.

Jundal allegedly had trained the ten Pakistani terrorists who had attacked Mumbai on Nov 26, 2008, besides teaching them basic Hindi and apprising them of Mumbai's topography.

Earlier during the day, the NIA also lodged an FIR against Jundal and another suspect Fayag Kagazi, for hatching the 26/11 attacks conspiracy and aiding the Pakistan-trained terrorists.

PTI