MUMBAI: Three persons, suspected to be part of a city terror conspiracy case, were produced before a special court on Monday and remanded to police custody till October 11. Police claimed to have recovered five SIM cards from one of the accused.
The Maharashtra Anti-terrorism squad (ATS) had last month arrested auto driver Zakir Shaikh, 52, tuition teacher Rizwan Momin, 40, and Irfan Shaikh, 50, under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act for criminal conspiracy to commit a terrorist act.
Police said a foreign resident, Anthony alias Anwar alias Anas alias Annu, was hadling this group of suspects. Anthony is alleged to have been using a Malaysian SIM card, to communicate with Shaikh. While Momin is accused of destroying Shaikh’s phone, Irfan is accused of giving shelter to Shaikh. Police had arrested Shaikh from Irfan’s Kherwadi home.
ATS has earlier said Rs 50,000 was sent to Irfan’s account through a US-based financial services company.
