Police arrested a person who allegedly had supplied Rs 28.25 lakhs received through hawala channel to Mohammad Afzal, a Jaish-e-Mohammad terrorist and a key accused in the attack on Parliament.
On being produced before designated Judge S N Dhingra, the accused, Dilip Tribhuwandas Bharot, was remanded to police custody for eight days.
Investigating officer (IO) in the case informed the court that Bharot had supplied Rs 28.25 lakhs Afzal and others on three occassion on instruction of a Mumbai henchman.
Police said they recovered Rs 4.6 lakhs from Bharot on Tuesday and sought remand for his custodial interrogation to ascertain the source of money.
Accepting police request, the court said, "considering the seriousness of the offence and to find out the source of transaction and other links, custodial remand of accused is necessary". The IO told the court that Bahrot was arrested on Tuesday on the information provided by Afzal during his interrogation.
Bharot's counsel Akshay Anand contended that the accused, involved in some financial transactions, was innocent as he did not know that he was spplying money to terrorists.
Meanwhile, Mohd Afzal, who was taken into one day police remand n Tuesday, was sent to judicial custody till January 19. Bureau Report