Ahmedabad, Oct 03: Suspected Jaish-e-Mohammed militant Samirkhan Pathan, allegedly involved in hatching a conspiracy to assassinate Deputy Prime Minister L K Advani, Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi and others, have been sent to 14 days' police remand. Police said here that a city metropolitan judge had yesterday ordered police custody for Pathan and six of his accomplices.
Samir Pathan (30) was arrested at the state transport bus stand here on September 27 by crime branch sleuths after he arrived from Mumbai.
Pathan and his associates from Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan, had planned to assassinate Deputy Prime Minister L K Advani, chief minister Narendra Modi, VHP leader Pravin Togadia and other prominent religious heads, joint Police Commissioner P P Pandey had said.
Meanwhile, police yesterday brought two more alleged accomplice of Pathan from Jaipur. The duo is said to have helped Pathan in procuring driving lincense and some other documents, sources said. Bureau Report