Mumbai, Oct 17: Jahid Yusuf Patni, alleged ISI agent and Lashkar-e-Toiba operative, was today remanded to police custody till October 30 by a special court for his alleged complicity in the July 28 bomb blast at suburban Ghatkopar. Patni, who also allegedly masterminded the August 25 twin blasts here, was arrested on October two under Pota after he arrived from Dubai. He was in police custody till today. Twenty five-year-old Patni was produced before the designated judge A P Bhangale who perused case diaries before remanding him to custody. Seeking his custody, prosecutor Ujjwal Nikam said Patni had alleged links with foreign nationals who are suspected to have financed the blasts. He said police needed his custody to determine the role of Lashkar-e-Toiba in the conspiracy.
The prosecutor said Patni had met the co-accused in Dubai and conspired with them to engineer the explosions in Mumbai. He said co-accused Nasir, who was killed in a police encounter recently, possessed a Citibank credit card issued in Karachi. This showed he had links with some persons in Pakistan.

Others arrested in this case are Sayed Mohammed Hanif Abdul Rahim, his wife Fahimida, daughter Farheen and Ashrat Shafi Ali Ansari. All of them have been remanded to custody.


Two persons were killed and 31 injured when a powerful explosion occurred in a bus in suburban Ghatkopar on July 28. Later two more blasts occurred on august 25 near gateway of India and Zaveri Bazaar killing 53 people and injuring over 100.
Bureau Report